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Insights into news and policy in special education

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Travis Mann, M.Ed (He, Him, His)

I am a public school educator and doctorate student at Northeastern University living in the American Midwest with my wife and dog. I have worked in the special education field for nearly a decade and have taught primarily in self-contained high school classrooms. I am a big fan of hockey, cars, and Chicago-Style hotdogs. I enjoy cooking and walking my dog around my neighborhood. Please subscribe for content and fill out the contact for specific questions.

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An Open Letter to Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth

Good evening Senators Durbin and Duckworth, Thank you both for being a voice for Illinois. I am a special education teacher and a doctoral candidate who teaches on the West Side of Chicago. The damage that Elon Musk is doing will be devastating to the West Side Community, and especially my students. People with disabilities…

Cynicism, The TikTok Ban and Red Note

Photo by Fine Photographics on Unsplash As expected yesterday morning, the Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban law. With more than 100 million users in this country, people were understandably frustrated. This post is not to debate the merits of that decision, I will let the lawyers discuss that. Do I like the ban? No.…

Some Thoughts on Cynicism

This is a post that is a little different than things that I have typically done. This, in some ways, is a follow up to my latest post where I briefly discussed the dangers of cynicism in education. Since writing that post, I have been thinking a lot about cynicism and how I see its…

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