COVID

Educator and author of books like "The Brown Teacher's Guide To Education" joins Teachers' Lounge to talk self-love, pandemic teaching and engaging with your creativity.

DeKalb says they're not going with a "one size fits all" approach, it'll depend on the student's needs and grade level.

The 3rd COVID-affected school year starts soon. And schools are scrambling to fill positions.

Students return to Northern Illinois University next week, but faculty are still concerned about a lack of certain safety policies.

Education during COVID-19 has been really hard. But it's been uniquely challenging for our youngest students. Hear firsthand how teachers tried to get them the help they need in a year when it was the hardest to do that.

As the school year draws near, rallies for and against school masking are happening across northern Illinois.

COVID-19 contact tracers have talked to more people infected by the virus than just about anyone. A year into the pandemic, how has the job changed? And how have vaccines changed who they talk to more often?

On a new Teachers' Lounge, we talk to a professor about teaching people in prison about psychology and childhood trauma and why she's leading a new bachelor's degree program at Big Muddy Correctional Center.

Some Illinois public universities are mandating vaccines. Community colleges are not, but they still have restrictions in place.

The CDC and local health officials recommend unvaccinated students and staff wear masks to protect against COVID-19 infection, but some parents are protesting.