Tavis Danz Follow up Interview. Is Mindfulness Harmful?

Episode Notes

In a previous podcast, Mr. Danz, shared a story about teaching Mindfulness to his 5th grade students. In this follow-up interview, Mr. Danz, some of his students, and his principal respond to concerns raised by author Alfie Kohn in another teacher story podcast, who worries that trendy concepts like mindfulness, like other trendy ideas,  grit, are often used simply to get students to be compliant -- to tolerate situations that shouldn't exist in the first place. 

Story transcript:

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