Teachers' Lounge

About Teachers' Lounge

Host Peter Medlin connects with teachers, students and leaders in education as they discuss the biggest issues impacting classrooms.We want to hear your experiences as an educator. Send us a note to teacherslounge@niu.edu

Publisher

Northern Public Radio

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jul 2019

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

196 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Rockford's new Youth Community News Initiative wants to give students a voice | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

   On a new Teachers' Lounge, why a group of Rockford students are starting their own community news service:"Yes, they wanted to write. Yes, they wanted to use some skill sets they had. But then the next statement would be, 'I'm here because youth need a voice. Youth need a voice, and we don't have it now, so we need to be it.'"We talk with the teachers helping them out.

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   She's a superintendent. He's a college president. We talk with an Illinois education power couple. | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

   On Teachers' Louge, we’ve got an education power couple: Kelly Mandrell is the Superintendent of the Polo Community School District here in northern Illinois, and her husband, Jon Mandrell, is the new president of Sauk Valley Community College.

3. 

   4 Sept 2026

   Meet the first-year Rockford teacher we'll interview every month this school year | Teachers' Lounge Podcast

   This school year, our teacher correspondent is Kelcey Dodd. She’s a kindergarten teacher at Spring Creek Elementary in Rockford. Kelcey's in her first-year as a teacher, so we’re going to be checking in on her every month as she figures things out.

Who has been a guest on Teachers' Lounge

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Illinois teachers
• Rockford elementary school students
• Somonauk FFA organization students
• Sandwich FFA organization students
• Leland FFA organization students

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

75

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