Education Mar 28 Can mindfulness help stressed teachers stay in the classroom? Teacher stress is growing, experts say, pushing educators out of classrooms and hurting learning. A growing number of mindfulness trainings help teachers cope, but critics say the real problem goes much deeper. By Chris Berdik, The Hechinger Report
Arts Mar 12 Watch 3:05 How to retrain your shrinking attention span What’s the secret to writing novels? Or baking a perfect cake? Or even being a good friend? Author Ann Patchett says it’s all about the ability to stay focused and stop multitasking. Patchett gives her humble opinion on stretching your… By PBS News Hour
Education Jul 03 Pre-test jitters? Here’s how teachers are helping students de-stress Some districts are taking steps to help students better cope with test anxiety and other stresses of school. By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week
Education Feb 21 Watch 6:56 Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath Violent crime and unemployment rates are nearly twice the national average in Baltimore. Educators say factors like these add significant stress to children, causing emotional and behavioral problems, so several public schools are working to reduce that stress with mindfulness… By PBS News Hour
Sep 10 Watch 2:18 How everything you do can be enhanced by mindfulness By PBS News Hour Meditation teacher Trudy Goodman, founder of InsightLA, shares her Brief but Spectacular take on how our lives could be enhanced if we incorporated a bit of mindfulness into our daily routines. Continue watching