We talk with future educators, a teacher who thought they might be quitting the classroom soon, & a professor who professes her love of the liberal arts

We're diving deep into the Teachers' Lounge archive to bring you a globe-trotting chat with bilingual education professor James Cohen!

We’ve talked with students before, we’ve talked with teachers, we’ve talked with teachers who just finished their student teaching -- but never any students still in the midst of their classes on how to become a teacher.

"Adults, people with families, people with jobs: lifelong learning happens well beyond this discrete moment in your life when you're 18-20 years old. And people can reap the benefits of continuing education and furthering their certifications and degrees and experiences for their entire lives," Illinois Valley Community College instructor Delores Robinson.

We’ve got two very different perspectives. Northern Illinois University’s Jason Klein sees education from a statewide, analytical vantage point. And Cara Ryan teaches adaptive physical education to students with disabilities!

WNIJ's Peter Medlin takes a trip back to his hometown to talk to a P.E. teacher who he helped teach with nearly 10 years ago.

“One of the questions I learned to ask early in my career as an educator is, was my experience, maybe not everybody's experience, or was it?"

Two teachers embarking on a new path talk about taking chances and returning to their roots

We're reflecting on speeches from the Class of 2020 as we near the 4th school year impacted by the pandemic.

“I was really terrified this year, this was my first year to put it where you say you got it,” she said. “I don't know for sure that meaningful, relational, creative learning yields test results. I know that people of my belief in academia say that. I know there's a lot of literature that says that, but you don't know you’re going to get that.”