Peter Medlin
Peter joins WNIJ as a graduate of North Central College. He is a native of Sandwich, Illinois.
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Illinois K-12 schools are funded through an equity-based formula. Higher education has no formula at all. The state wants that to change, but what could that look like? -
Boomer wanders the halls at Immaculate Conception School in Morris wearing a red vest that reads “therapy dog in training.” He’s a Great Pyrenees. So...
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Illinois lawmakers have approved a $42 billion budget that now awaits Governor J.B. Pritzker’s pen. State Representative Jeff Keicher, a Sycamore... -
More and more Illinois school districts are offering in-person options as COVID-19 positivity rates continue to drop. 70% of students are now in a... -
This school year, schools identified around 420,000 fewer homeless students than last year. That would normally be a hopeful sign, but not during the… -
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that all high school sports are now allowed to play in regions that are in Phase 4 of the State's…
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December is usually the time when families sit in crowded stuffy school gymnasiums for the annual elementary school holiday concert. But because of COVID-19, local music programs had to get creative.
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The Illinois State Board of Education released an interactive report showing how teacher preparation programs across the state are performing. The... -
A new report reflects on the long-term cost of cutting education funding during past recessions and how Illinois can learn from those mistakes during the… -
Whether it’s the global pandemic or social unrest, nearly everyone has experienced some trauma in 2020. It’s hard to grasp the long-term mental health...
