An alternative to standard detention a school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning.
Instead of punishing disruptive kids or sending them to the principal's office, this Baltimore school has something called the Mindful Moment Room instead.
The room looks nothing like your standard windowless detention room. Instead, it's filled with lamps, decorations, and plush purple pillows.
Misbehaving students are encouraged to sit in the room and go through practices like breathing or meditation, helping them calm down and re-center.
They are also asked to talk through what happened.
Schools are seeing a tangible benefit from this program, too:
Robert W. Coleman Elementary, has stated there have been exactly zero suspensions last year and so far, this year.
Meanwhile, nearby Patterson Park High School, which also uses the mindfulness programs, said suspension rates dropped and attendance increased as well.
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