by Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD COMPASS-INSPIRED Children are headed back-to-school this year for the third time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most experts agree that in-person learning is more advantageous than online learning for children, especially with the right procedures in place to mitigate the risks of COVID. With fears and potential adaptations still ahead for parents and children, return to school is always a time when parents and teachers revisit what is important for children and how to best support their positive development. This popular list of back-to-school articles, started in 2012, has been updated for the 2022-23 school year. Some articles focus on the challenges of schooling during a continuing pandemic, but most bring you the latest thinking and research on learning, achievement, family well-being, parent engagement, neurodiverse and special needs children, youth sports, media, technology, discipline, bullying, and adolescent mental health —t