Why Teachers Say Practicing Mindfulness Is Transforming The Work
An evidence-based program teaches mindfulness to educators. Research suggests it can reduce their stress and improve their teaching.
How Three Minutes of Mindfulness Can Transform Your Busy Season
By now, we’re all familiar with the research: Meditation is good for you—whether you are trying to reduce stress and anxiety, calm a scattered mi
How to Practice Mindfulness
Like your afternoon mug of tea, you can make mindfulness a part of your daily routine with a few simple techniques.
Why Teaching Mindfulness Benefits Students’ Learning
Mindfulness has the potential to be a very useful component because of its effectiveness in reducing emotional distress and promoting emotional balance, improving attention, and contributing to motivated learning. This book excerpt digs in.
What Happens When Mindfulness Enters Schools
Could teaching mindfulness meditation in schools help students and teachers, inside and outside the classroom?
How two minutes of mindfulness can calm a class and boost attainment
Mindfulness helps students cope with academic stress and the pressures of life outside the school gates. Matthew Jenkin examines the benefits of silent reflection in education
Simple Steps For Bringing Mindfulness and Meditation Into Your Law Practice
Meditation is simply a form of mental training—to settle and focus the mind. Mindfulness is what you do with the mental training. Making mindfulness and meditation a part of your day to day law practice involves regular meditation and creating an awareness of each moment, rather than being buffeted from moment to moment by the tensions common to most law practices. From this, a greater sense…
Why I Avoid the ‘Teachers’ Lounge’ and You Should, Too
The teachers' lounge isn't a place at all but a mentality that can creep up on educators unexpectedly and create a toxic school climate, writes Lauren Powell.
Whole-Child Journey: Why We Bumped Recess Up to 40 Minutes a Day
Our students need more...not less. And when we say more...we mean mindfulness and recess.
3 Reasons Why Your Observations May Be a Waste of Time
Teacher observations should be one of the most important jobs completed between a leader and teacher, but there are 3 reasons why they are typically a waste of time.
Do No Harm: Flexible and Smart Grading Practices
Have students take responsibility for their grades and behavior by strategically offering opportunities to redo assignments, retake tests, and reflect on their performance.
Dyslexia: The Learning Disability That Must Not Be Named
Many parents and teachers report that schools won't use the word dyslexia. Why might this be? And what is the Department of Education doing about it?
Ask, Listen, Do: How to Find Out What Kids Need From School
How can teachers make their classrooms truly child-centered? Justin Minkel shares some strategies on how to figure out students’ individual needs—starting with asking them.
How Can Schools Tap Into Parent Power For the Good of Students?
A program pays teachers to visit students at home and meet with their family. The home visits have helped parents become better-informed advocates for their kids and stronger allies with teachers.
How to Practice Mindfulness to Unlock Human Potential
Mindfulness is the start of your self-development that can lead to greater success in every aspect of your life. It's not the end game, but it is the beginning.
A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done
When teachers want to try something new in the classroom, it helps if they can see what it looks like in action. They could ask another teacher down the hall. Or they might try to talk to other teachers on social media, perhaps in an education technology Twitter chat. But too often, these aspiring innovators …
How to Connect With Other Teachers in the Social Age
With new media, shifting standards, and evolving pedagogies, teachers need a community to find and give support. They need to be able to exchange ideas.
How Teachers Are Turning to Social Media to Extend Learning
Teachers are expanding the school day and enhancing learning through social media.
How to practice mindfulness when you don't really want to
A lot of things in life feel fantastic. That first cup of hot coffee in the morning? Fantastic.
Mindfulness: Five Mindless Tips
