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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The Trump administration recently closed the U.S. Department of Education’s regional Office for Civil Rights in Chicago. Peter Medlin has more on what it means for students and civil rights complaints. -
La administración Trump restableció las visas de miles de estudiantes internacionales, cuyo estatus legal les habían revocado previamente -
The Trump administration has reinstated the visas of thousands of international students, whose legal status they’d previously revoked.
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The Illinois State Board of Education announced it’s developing a statewide “numeracy” initiative aimed at improving math performance. Peter Medlin has more… -
Los legisladores de Illinois están considerando una legislación que permitiría a los colegios comunitarios ofrecer licenciaturas en programas específicos con alta demanda. Peter Medlin, de WNIJ, conversó con estudiantes de colegios comunitarios rurales, quienes afirman que se beneficiarían enormemente si se aprueba. -
Illinois used federal COVID funding for a high-impact tutoring program. That funding expired in the fall. Many schools say tutoring made a big difference, but can they keep it going without that federal money? WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports… -
On a new TL Radio Show, we’re talking about how students can plan for an uncertain future and examining how national education policies are hitting Illinois… -
El fin de semana pasado, hubo protestas contra la administración Trump en todo el país. Esto incluye varias en el norte de Illinois, en lugares inesperados. Peter Medlin, de WNIJ, informa… -
This past weekend, there were protests against the Trump administration across the country. That includes several in northern Illinois in places you may not expect. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports…
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La administración Trump ha desatado nuevos ataques contra la educación superior. Reportero de educación de WNIJ, Peter Medlin, habló con el Dr. Steve Macek para dar contexto a estos esfuerzos. Es un profesor de North Central College quien acaba de coescribir el libro "Censorship, Digital Media and the Global Crackdown on Freedom of Expression".
