Assessing Teacher Performance
April 7, 2017
I had totally forgotten that my principal would be in for my teacher performance appraisal in early spring. We had sat down in the early
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Messin’ With My Clique?
April 5, 2017
There was some massive drama going down between a group of girls in my 8th grade classroom a few years back. It actually happened around
Failing as a Teacher
November 3, 2016
Ever had a lesson that you labored over and prepped for and thought was going to be your lesson of the year completely blow up
5 Things You Won’t Learn in Teachers’ College
September 30, 2015
Most people leave teachers’ college with the grandiose notion of what teaching will be like. I know I did. Stepping into the building we all walked
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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create space to be yourself.
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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