Shortages of teachers, infrastructure and technology workers will hamper schools' ability to provide the best education, facilities and tools to children, Superintendent Robert Taylor said Thursday.

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Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert Taylor speaks to the League fo Women Voters of Wake County, April 18, 2024

More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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The bookstore, which sits a couple of blocks from Marbles Kids Museum on Hargett Street, opened three years ago and has featured a selection of books for kids -- from board books and picture books to young adult novels. 

Downtown Raleigh children's bookstore seeks support for next steps

Read With Me opens in downtown Raleigh

The playspace and art studio offers a variety of programs inside Read With Me in downtown Raleigh.

Kid Lab offers a place where kids play to learn, and adults learn to play

Shannon Newby of Kid Lab

Kid Lab, a year-old playspace and art studio, is now located within Read With Me, the downtown Raleigh children's book store.



Read With Me teams up with year-old nonprofit playspace, art studio

Read With Me, a bookstore in downtown Raleigh

Christine Brenner, a mom and owner of Read With Me, the children's bookstore in downtown Raleigh, doesn't have big rules when it comes to summer reading. In fact, she tells me that it's best to let the kids decide. And she has some picks that might just appeal to them.

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Downtown Raleigh children's bookstore seeks support for next steps

Kid Lab offers a place where kids play to learn, and adults learn to play

Read With Me teams up with year-old nonprofit playspace, art studio

Picture books to YA: Keep the kids reading this summer with these top children's book picks from Read With Me