If you’re old enough and took a language arts class in junior high or high school, you probably remember learning about the particulars of a library card catalog and the finer points of the Dewey Decimal System. Even for kids who loved reading and libraries it was, let’s be honest, pretty ...

The space is bright and modern, filled with funky modular furniture and flat screen TVs, but it’s the exercise bikes, two pieces of sleek gym equipment set against a stack of bookshelves, that catches the eye. “It’s like a desk,” said Brandon Robinson, superintendent at ...