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Huff Post: Reading, Writing, Required Silence: How Meditation is Changing Schools and Students

Photo credit Leland Francisco

by Jaweed Kaleem

On a Wednesday afternoon in early May, after a full day of studying the Byzantine Empire and sitting through lessons on annotation and critical reading, the sixth-graders in Zsazita Walker’s social studies and language arts class were, expectedly, acting like sixth-graders. School was almost over and the classroom, scattered with posters, worksheets and lesson plans, was buzzing with chatty, curious 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds who knew they’d soon be free from class.

Read the rest of the story at the Huff Post.

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