Early-elementary teachers work hard all year to support their students’ emerging reading skills. The payoff—gains in literacy progress—tends to come toward the end of the school year, just as it’s ...

Johnson County Library program specialist Carrie Worth developed and heads up the library’s Walk and Read program — a different kind of storytelling outside in Johnson County. Debra Skodack Special to ...

When Leigh Knapp became her school’s first full-time media specialist, she had a vision to change the library into a place where kids felt seen and encouraged, and could discover a joy of reading.