This article enterainingly takes on what is deemed "a skeptics point of view" about mindfulness in education. Written by a parent of a child who attends a school that utilizes mindfulness, it raises the issue of mindfulness in schools often being used as a reactive measure. If it is used soley to raise scores or eliminate negative behaviors is it still truly mindfulness? Mindfulness experts chime in on the issue to create a thought provoking read on the way mindfulness is being implemented in schools.
Citation
Strauss, E. (2016, March 02). Is Teaching Mindfulness in Schools Just a Way to Mold Shiny Corporate Humanoids? Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/family/2016/03/teaching_mindfulne...