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• A reply on Conversation: Live Chat today at 4pm Eastern: "Why School? How Education Must Change When Information and Learning Are Everywhere"

  Oct 8 2012: Thank you! I am also currently working on a curriculum to teach mindfulness to teachers through classes at a community college. I am trying to spread the word that it is up to the teachers. Parker Palmer has a great line for this: "Who is the teacher that teachers?" A teacher's inner life is projected back onto the students every day in the classroom.

• A reply on Conversation: Live Chat today at 4pm Eastern: "Why School? How Education Must Change When Information and Learning Are Everywhere"

  Oct 8 2012: Ronald, thank you for that! You stated it very well. Your words need to be spread to the school community...mostly parents and the public.
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  A reply on Conversation: Live Chat today at 4pm Eastern: "Why School? How Education Must Change When Information and Learning Are Everywhere"

  Oct 8 2012: I totally agree with you! Education doesn't seem to be important to either candidate. We all know testing is not the indicator of learning. We need educators making these decisions...not politicians.

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  Oct 8 2012: Do you see any value in teaching mindfulness and social and emotional learning in public schools? I am an eighth grade teacher in a public school. I currently have a master's degree in contemplative education and try to incorporate these skills into my classroom