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My topic is teaching mindfulness in the educational setting, particularly nonprofit organizations or school-wide programs that teach mindfulness based interventions (MBI). The content on mindfulness on Wikipedia is fairly extensive, it covers the history and roots of mindfulness practices - including mindfullness's original intent in Buddhism, and uses in a variety of settings including schools/education. There’s even a subheading for schools and a subheading for education. In the schools section it lists some current initiatives/programs in place at schools around the country. In the education section it lists three studies that took place in the school setting that produced beneficial results for the students in decreasing stress and anxiety, building empathy, and improving learning outcomes. However, the nonprofits and school wide programs that the current page lists aren’t that recent, the newest had started implementation in 2011. I would like to add any recent programs or findings regarding the long term benefits of educational mindfulness practices on individuals and the school collectively. I think that in order to create change on this topic, more research needs to be done on MBIs with youths to determine if there are similar benefits as there are with adults. With that will come more awareness about MBIs and hopefully a wider scale use in school settings.