Meditation in Public Schools: Pro or Con?
Adults discuss the benefits and pitfalls while students navigate stress and negative thoughts. Plus: Explore three ways to bring mindfulness to the classroom.
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How to Avoid A Poorly Designed School Mindfulness Program
Designing and instituting a program for mindfulness in schools is fraught with potential problems. Here’s how to avoid having a poorly-designed program.
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When Teachers Get Mindfulness Training, Students Win
According to a new study, training teachers in mindfulness can affect the whole climate of the classroom.
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Why Mindfulness Belongs in the Classroom
Research shows that mindfulness skills improve memory, organizational skills, reading and math scores, all while giving kids the tools they need to handle toxic stress.
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Middle-Schoolers Tame Anxiety in “Release” Short Film
Between stacks of homework, bullies, and awkward texts, middle school is its own sort of battlefield. In this five-minute film, students work through their anxieties using mindfulness.
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The Lead Crisis in Flint: Where Mindfulness and Public Health Meet
There’s a large-scale community mindfulness effort underway in Flint, MI to combat a health crisis: Flint area children may have suffered irreversible damage due lead-contaminated water.
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Two Simple Mindfulness Practices For Back-To-School
Teachers and parents can help kids regulate, shift, and stabilize their energy and mood, allowing for a little more silence and a little more focus.
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Why We Should Teach Empathy to Preschoolers
One Berkeley preschool is baking empathy into its curriculum—and for good reason.
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A Simple Story Can Improve Students’ Grades in Science
According to a new study, reading about scientists’ struggles can help students who aren’t doing so well in science.
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Three Simple Mindfulness Practices You Can Use Every Day
Every minute of our lives serves up something new and gives us an opportunity to learn. But when it comes to the usual ways of learning—reading, writing, and listening to others—we often lose the freshness of direct experience and instead just shovel information into our brains. Mirabai Bush suggests how to learn more deeply and with more enjoyment.
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