Peter Medlin
Education ReporterPeter is an award-winning education reporter who has been at WNIJ since 2018. He also hosts "Teachers' Lounge," a listener-driven podcast and radio show that tells 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 and reporting, Medlin enjoys running at forest preserves across northern Illinois, cooking and spending time with his cat.
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Las escuelas en Illinois disciplinan a los estudiantes negros a tasas mucho más altas que los estudiantes blancos.En la primera parte de una serie, le llevamos a una escuela intermedia de Rockford que es una excepción.Es la escuela del estado que registra la mayor cantidad de infracciones disciplinarias por estudiante negro. Peter Medlin, de WNIJ, informa... -
A judge denied a preliminary injunction, which means the funding will be cut off starting July 1. -
Every year here on Teachers' Lounge, we feature a "classroom correspondent" — a teacher we interview every single month to follow a school year in their life. -
Illinois lawmakers just passed a bill banning students from using cellphones in class. It's now one of more than 35 states to restrict cellphones and other devices in school. -
Schools in Illinois suspend Black students at much higher rates than white students.In part one of a series, we take you to a Rockford middle school that is an outlier.It hands out the most discipline violations per Black student of any school in the state. WNIJ's Peter Medlin reports …
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Ever curious what the school year is like for a teacher? We interviewed DeKalb middle school English as a Second Language teacher Caio Gomes every month to track a school year in his life. Follow his journey on a new Teachers' Lounge podcast! -
The Illinois State Board of Education approved its first-ever Statewide Numeracy Plan to improve math instruction. Peter Medlin has more ... -
In northern Illinois, several schools — both public and private — shut down after the school year. WNIJ's Peter Medlin has more on how hard it is for communities and how they’re trying to move forward.
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A new report ranked Illinois 7th in the country for education. But what factors are they weighing? Peter Medlin reports… -
Suburban Congressman Sean Casten recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights demanding data on complaints filed by students.The office's website shows zero sexual harassment or violence case resolutions since Trump took office. The Democratic House member spoke with WNIJ education reporter Peter Medlin about the situation …
