How to Handle Summer Break
July 11, 2017
The last day of school is a faint memory now, even though it happened about a week ago. My somewhat agitated reality of having two
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3 Steps to Enjoying Your Summer Break
July 28, 2016
If you work in a school board where the school calendar runs from September until June, you are probably sitting on a lawn chair right
The Juxtaposition of Summer Break
July 26, 2016
Planning Your Day in the Sun The summer break is probably the cruelest juxtaposition a teacher faces in her career. I mean, it is
Teachers Need Spring Break Too
April 10, 2015
Gimme’ A Break We have cruised through March and now we can finally see the finish line. Although there is much left to do with
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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