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“I was so disappointed and disoriented by people's complete lack of understanding. I actually brought it up right early at the beginning of the year, and it got tucked away for the first two quarters. And when we approached nonfiction, our third quarter of research-based writing, we're going, ‘Hey, we’ve got to be a little different.’”
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Claire Comerford and her little sister are middle school students in Romeoville. On their first day of summer vacation, they joined a crowd protesting the school shooting in Texas. Their sign said “No more silence, end gun violence.”
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Two students, one high schooler and one middle schooler, sit down to talk about what school's been like the past two years
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Technology has given consumers an easy button when it comes to buying and listening to music. An Aurora hip-hop artist and a Batavia record store owner are bypassing the current technology by going old-school for an upcoming music project.
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In 2021, the Set Free Movement trained over 6000 community members to aid in stopping human trafficking.
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Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
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The 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year joins Teachers' Lounge to talk about what it means to her, being a small-town educator, teaching new languages, and much more!
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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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There was music, but it wasn’t a celebration. It was a commemoration of those lost in the fight for fair pay and safe conditions.
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Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours features poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we highlight Paula Garrett.