Public Libraries

Research shows that preschoolers naturally categorize people by race, can be conscious of social stereotypes as early as age six, and naturally attribute positive traits to their own ethnic or racial groups.

With signs, books, and passion, educators support Black Lives Matter around the country.

Whether conducting TEDx talks or using makerspaces to explore their passions, teens with the freedom to drive activities stay the most engaged.

While we're rethinking everything, how would you better serve youth in your community? SLJ is supporting a project to devise a new, crowdsourced vision for libraries. 

Get educated about environmental racism, the carbon impact of sheltering in place, and more with experts including Bill Gates and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Meg Medina, Jason Chin, Nikki Grimes, and other creators discuss how quarantine life has impacted their imaginations and work.

Learning to read is a constitutional right, but functional literacy has never been equitably attained by Americans, says Miller. Here she offers tools of empowerment that enhance information and civic literacy.

The IMLS-funded project aims to give librarians science-based information to keep things as safe as possible as they reopen.

Challenging old classics is the literary equivalent of replacing statues of racist figures.