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The NIU STEAM team answer cosmic questions about the upcoming eclipse on April 8th, 2024.
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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.
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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.
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The Sound of Science crew educate us on women in innovation in honor of National Women's Month.
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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.
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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.
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The NIU STEAM Sound of Science team unearth the facts about leap years.
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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.
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50% of voters aged 18-29 voted in the 2020 presidential election. It was a big increase from 2016. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on how student groups are trying to make sure their classmates are engaged in this year’s election.
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NIU STEAM explores which African American inventors help us live our daily lives easier?