Education

Illinois has had frameworks for environmental literacy since 1995. But the group realized they didn’t even have a solid definition for what environmental literacy even is until now.

West Chicago High School English teacher Brian Turnbaugh talks about how he's grown as an educator through the pandemic and his podcast WeGo Places that highlights his former students who went on to do great things.

And if it has, is it enough to keep the state's promise of all schools reaching adequate funding in 10 years?

University officials say more students are getting the shot every day, as the 1,000+ who had personal exemptions are now mandated to get vaccinated.

Psychology teacher and eSports coach Jeff Pitner returns to talk video games, Critical Race Theory, and how COVID-19 has affected how his students interact with each other and his class.

In 2021, students have to learn to work outside of their own cultural context. This program is trying to teach them how to make change anywhere.

The deadline to meet the mandate was pushed back several weeks to allow teachers to get a shot or find regular testing.

Guilford High School psychology teacher Jeff Pitner joins the show to talk about how COVID-19 has changed the social dynamics of his classroom and the top-tier eSports team he coaches.

Illinois high schools will soon be required to offer media literacy classes. This school is already teaching the skills across every class.

When a deadly polio outbreak hit Chicago in 1937, the city shuttered its schools. But kids didn’t get a free pass. They took part in a remote learning experiment with the best technology available: the radio.