Teachers' Lounge

An Illinois Valley teacher making college accessible for all | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

Tina Hardy is the coordinator for the Center of Accessibility and Neurodiversity at Illinois Valley Community College.Basically, it’s her job to make college accessible for students who need extra accommodations. What does that look like? And how different are special education laws between high school and college?

An NIU professor helped urban & suburban students team up to confront education inequality | Teachers’ Lounge podcast

Two high schools, 25 minutes apart. One wealthy and in the suburbs. One in the city, lower-income. An NIU professor's project brought together students from both schools to see educational inequality for themselves and fight for change.

A Waubonsee professor brings her experience as an immigrant business owner to the classroom | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

On a new Teachers' Lounge, Waubonsee professor Dr. Nour Al-Nabir brings her real experience as an immigrant business owner into the classroom.Her students just won a national entrepreneurship completion. That and more on a brand-new episode!

An Illinois civics teacher showing her students how to take action | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

In a civics teacher's “Taking Action” class, students fight for change, whether it’s fixing potholes or school lunches. What does it mean to actively DO social studies? I’s on a new Teachers' Lounge.

The co-founder of Rockford's Womanspace on her half-century quest to create a comfortable and creative place for women | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

The co-founder of Rockford’s Womanspace on her half-century quest to create a comfortable and creative place for women..