According to Dr. Tish Jennings of the Garrison Institute, which developed CARE (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education), “Both groups have clearly benefited from the mindfulness and emotion training, but for Harrisburg teachers it’s already become a lifeline, an essential skill, that may be keeping them in their jobs.” While nearly half of all teachers quit during their first five years, Jennings notes that attrition rates in poorer urban areas are another 50 percent higher.
