What do children and adolescents need to be successful in life? When this question arises, a common answer is “a good education.” Academic success is the goal that is emphasized in standards-based ...

Prior to medical school and residency, I had plenty of time to recharge and reflect with long days of solitude in New Mexico’s Jemez and Magdalena mountains. This quiet isolation gave me the ability ...

Thoughts are open for interpretation. Feelings are the interpreters. And, teachers are the translators of both thoughts and feelings. For this reason, education is open to a new mindfulness. Educators ...

Eyes gently closed, breaths slow and steady: Meditation, at least when other people are doing it, always looks so peaceful. But in our chronically distracted, phone-addicted world, sitting still for ...

With the fast-paced, dynamic environment we’re exposed to every day, it’s easy to get caught up in the inevitability of life on “speed mode.” These real or self-imposed pressures infiltrate our daily ...

Teachers across the country are preparing for a school year brimming with unprecedented challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. A likely byproduct? Teachers’ stress levels could soar, ...