Note from the Associate Editorial Director: Back to the books? Ongoing education isn’t child’s play

by Melissa Varnavas
September comes bittersweetly for those unwilling to give up on idealized days spent lounging by the stream, ocean, or pool. Certainly, by mid-August, for kids cramming to finish their summer reading projects and begrudgingly relinquishing their super-soakers, September’s arrival no doubt falls more on the bitter than the sweet side. Yet, by summer’s end, most parents stand ready to return their offspring to the waiting arms of educators, open to the new lessons their children will soon learn inside those schoolroom walls.