Peter Medlin
Education ReporterPeter is an award-winning education reporter who has been at WNIJ since 2018. He’s also the host of Teachers’ Lounge: a listener-driven podcast & radio show telling the story of education through conversations with teachers and students. He grew up in Sandwich, Illinois, and graduated from North Central College. When he’s not writing & reporting, Peter loves to run at forest preserves across northern Illinois, cook, & hang out with his cat.
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An Northern Illinois University physics educator knows that all it takes for kids to get excited about science is their natural curiosity about the world around them.“I've compared it to to listening to a song in a language you don't understand. You can you can hear the melody. You can appreciate the beauty. But if you learn that language, then all of a sudden you know what the song is about. You understand the subtext. So, we can appreciate the world around us, just like that song, but it's written in the language of math and science."It’s here on a new Teachers' Lounge! -
On a new Teachers' Lounge Radio Show, it’s time to meet our student correspondents who we’ll interview every month this fall. They’re student journalists from Kaneland High School!Hear that and more education stories and conversations. -
Se estima que más de 330,000 residentes de Illinois perderán la cobertura de Medicaid debido a la nueva "One Big Beautiful Bill Act". Peter Medlin de WNIJ explica cómo Medicaid financia los servicios educativos y que podrían significar esos recortes -
On a new Teachers' Lounge, a psychology professor who comes into class every year a little mean to show students how often their first impressions are wrong. We also talk about giving her students tools to de-stress and her own journey into the classroom. -
More than 330,000 Illinois residents are projected to lose Medicaid coverage due to the new “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” WNIJ’s Peter Medlin explains how Medicaid funds education services and what those cuts could mean.
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Esta semana, algunas escuelas del norte de Illinois están respondiendo al aumento de arrestos por inmigración en sus comunidades. Peter Medlin informa. -
El interés de los estudiantes en programas de educación profesional y técnica, como soldadura y automotriz, está aumentando en todo Estados Unidos.Como informa Peter Medlin de WNIJ, Waubonsee Community College acaba de abrir su propio y enorme Centro de Educación Técnica para satisfacer la demanda. -
This week, some northern Illinois schools are responding to increasing immigration arrests in their communities. Peter Medlin reports…
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Salen las cifras de inscripción del otoño de Northern Illinois University. Peter Medlin tiene los detalles. -
La administración Trump ha puesto la mira en los estudiantes internacionales, revocando visas e investigando algunos con visas. Ahora, la matrícula de estudiantes internacionales está disminuyendo en universidades como la Universidad del Norte de Illinois. Peter Medlin informa…
