Our "Culture of Testing" is contributing to the rise in mental illness in our kids and mindfulness can help

By objective measures, our young people are more anxious, more depressed, and have more psychopathology in general than students did a few decades ago. This has important implications for educators, school administrators, and society at large. What if our traditional school systems are unwittingly contributing to the problem – and what if a relatively simple practice could help?
My recent article in Edutopia explains how mindfulness can help transform education.