Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom

Published: Nov. 27, 2012, 8:38 p.m.

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At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in the classroom is to blame, keeping students from concentrating on their classes. On this edition we\\u2019ll hear excerpts from Russell Long\\u2019s film \\u201cRoom to Breathe\\u201d which takes us to a middle school in San Francisco, California, that began teaching mindfulness in the hopes of giving students the skills they need to focus on learning.

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