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Thousands of Illinois students with disabilities have to learn in a classroom without a special education teacher or with an educator who doesn’t have the right teaching license.
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Just a few years ago, there were only a few collegiate esports programs in the United States. Now there are nearly 200. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on what’s fueling the growth of esports at Northern Illinois University.
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“Our services are available year-round, and that includes crisis support. What we offer is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. During office hours, we're here to provide students but we also have availability for on-call counseling support," said Tim Paquette, director of Counseling and Consultation Services at NIU.
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Latif Adeboyejo is the second Northern Illinois student to be found dead on or near campus this year.
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NIU was her final stop on a five-month tour of the state’s public colleges and universities. She says the trip was about hearing from students and trying to address the teacher shortage.
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“We're ready to negotiate and we are just waiting for them to return to the table. They're obligated to do so by law, so we truly do not understand their refusal.”
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High school physics & Earth science teacher Sam Watt gives us the lowdown on how to teach STEM labs remotely when you just have a few springs, tubes, and pencils!
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WNIJ's Peter Medlin went to the exhibit to get educated on how these artifacts don’t just tell the story of the school, but also how education has evolved.
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The university’s first president, John Cook, was known in his day as the “Crown Prince of Teacher Education.”
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The crisis center is partnering with Northern Illinois University and the DeKalb Public Library.