Grace Muir is in her fourth year teaching fourth grade. Her passion is showing students to love reading and writing.

Olivia Allen reads "The Adventures of Kids United" at Rock Island Academy during the United Way Quad Cities' Reading Day on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Jurnee Brown, a fifth-grader at Truman Elementary in Davenport, poses in the school's library on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 after interviewing with the Quad-City Times. Asked what she enjoys about ...