After his brother was shot and killed, Tyrell Williams had trouble controlling his temper — until he tried meditating. Now, he's part of a program at his school that's teaching him how to facilitate meditation groups among his peers. MindShiftKQED
, one principal told Chalkbeat that incorporating meditation during the school day increased academic performance at her school.
“The first day, I didn’t really want to do it because I thought it was corny,” he said. “Then, I started to really like it.”“I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I expected,” he said. “It’s helped my temper. I used to get mad fast, but not now.”, but Principal Andre Hollis said in a 2018 Chalkbeat interview that he’s tried to steer the school toward “restorative practices,” which are designed to help students reflect on their actions and make better choices, rather than sending them out of school.
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