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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On a new Teachers’ Lounge podcast, we're heading to Peter's alma mater to talk with the founder of an award-winning program for first-generation college students. -
On Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court held oral arguments at Northern Illinois University for the first time. WNIJ's Peter Medlin reports… -
Thousands of schools across the country have installed solar panels over the past decade. Illinois has the 3rd-most "solar-powered" schools of any state. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on one northern Illinois district’s clean energy journey. -
The Illinois Education Association released the results of its annual “State of Education” survey. Peter Medlin has more on what Illinois residents had to say. -
Across the country, including in Illinois, certain teaching positions have become harder and harder to staff. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on a shortage that often feels invisible…vision teachers. -
North Central College en Naperville – una pequeña escuela de artes liberales con menos de 3 000 estudiantes – se ha convertido en uno de los programas principales de la lucha femenina en el país. No solo eso, el programa solo se inició hace cinco años. -
On a new Teachers' Lounge podcast, Rockford’s Lathrop Elementary School Principal Daniela Boer!Daniela has had a fascinating career. She’s from Brazil, came to northern Illinois as an exchange student in high school, went back home, taught in Brazil, lived in Mexico, and, eventually, returned to the U.S. to teach in Rockford. -
In 2017, Illinois changed how it funded K-12 education. Now, the Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding has released its recommendations on how the state could shift how it funds public universities too. WNIJ's Peter Medlin spoke with commission member & Advance Illinois president Robin Steans about what that would mean for students. -
North Central College in Naperville -- a small liberal arts school of fewer than 3,000 students -- has become one of the premier women’s wrestling programs in the country. And the program only started five years ago. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on how they’ve become a powerhouse so quickly…
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Some Northern Illinois University faculty are experimenting with an AI tool built to assist them with routine tasks. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on how the tool helps spark conversation about how and when it’s appropriate for students and their teachers to use AI.
