Every day we hear stories in the news of how our schools are failing kids. The disparity between students who achieve high test scores and those who don’t mirrors the division in our society between ...

A student named Royce closes his eyes during a mindfulness session in class at Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership School in Tampa, Fla. Students say the daily lessons help them cope with their feelings.

A new study shows that just five days of mindfulness can help college students feel less stressed in physics classes.

Some Pine-Richland parents say the district violated the First Amendment’s religious provisions and side-stepped parental medical decisions after eighth-grade students participated in a week of ...

In our smartphone-centric and distraction-prone society, the simple act of sitting quietly in a chair to focus only your breathing might seem novel, but it can have real benefits: If you can keep your ...

Many a digital health intervention has been stymied by the same problem, one that’s familiar to anyone who’s ever tried to quit smoking or lose weight by changing their diet: the extreme difficulty of ...

On a sprawling campus in Wading River geared toward students who have experienced trauma, Little Flower school staffers huddled in a music classroom on a recent Thursday to put themselves in the shoes ...

When life feels uncertain, your mind often races—thinking about “what ifs” and worst-case scenarios. That’s a normal response to stress. But staying stuck in those thoughts can increase anxiety, ...

ELKINS PARK, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- When teachers at McKinley Elementary School in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania started the Mindfulness Club earlier this school year, they had no way of knowing how ...

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TAMPA, Fla. — At 8:30 a.m. on a sunny winter day, the cafeteria tables at the Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership Elementary School are packed. Dozens of students – from kindergarten through the fifth ...