10 months with us
March 28, 2018
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way.” – George Evans. The year I became an educator, a
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Gingerbread Houses and Cookie Cutter Approaches to Teaching
August 5, 2016
Two days before Christmas break this past school year, I unloaded the trunk of my car and hauled in thirty gingerbread house kits. The boxes
Students are People First
November 9, 2015
“I hope Walmart is still hiring by the time Malik turns 18, because that is the only place where he’ll be working!” This is an
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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Read Morewhen i think about what black students have to navigate and survive in school systems i'm constantly struck by the reality that they experience every minute of the school day--the dichotomy of always either being unseen or overseen.
Read Morei'm wondering, do kids still use the term white washed? oreo? are those words still regularly sprayed at black kids who are simply trying to do well in school?
Read Morewe must be able to acknowledge that people are racist. that whiteness has a tendency to harm black bodies. directly and indirectly.
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