The backpacks are zipped, the classrooms are ready, and just like that, we’re off to a new school year. As we move forward into September, I’m reminded of the reason for all our hard work and preparations, and the reason you’re reading these words today: to help our students achieve success in the coming year, and by extension, in the rest of their lives. Education is the catalyst for that success, the engine that will drive progress in their future, and ours. As with most en