Before coal, before oil, even before corn, the biggest and busiest industry in Illinois was salt. This once-booming enterprise was located just southeast…

Meet our new student correspondents from the Whiteside Area Career Center's CEO program!

Northern Illinois University’s Education Systems Center just received a $1.5 million grant to help more high school students earn a college & career pathway endorsement. Peter Medlin has more…

Last month, The Trump administration tried to freeze $1 billion in federal funding for Illinois child care. Courts have blocked it so far. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on the program that would be hit hardest by a freeze if it’s allowed to stand: Illinois’ Child Care Assistance Program, or CCAP.

The co-founder of Rockford’s Womanspace on her half-century quest to create a comfortable and creative place for women..

On a new Teachers' Lounge podcast, we talk with a Morris teacher who’s not afraid to hold his students to a standard of excellence.“I tell the kids, if you come in and you work for me, I will jump over the moon for you.”What it means to go above and beyond for kids.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education’s “History Rocks! Trail to Independence tour” is set to come to Genoa-Kingston High School. But some staff and community members are concerned about a lack of transparency and safety with the event. WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin has details...

On a new TL Radio Show, we’re trying to help you make sense of some of the biggest education issues of the past year. We also catch up with our "classroom correspondent" teacher as they tell us about helping their students through their grief after a tragedy.

It’s hard for almost any school to find enough teachers. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on a Rockford middle school where staffing challenges are worse than ever…and the teachers left are feeling burnt out.

The vote gives the Rockford Education Association's bargaining team the authority to call a strike.