Along with subjects like reading and mathematics, school children at the Robert W. Coleman Elementary School are learning how to spend time in quiet thought. The students are learning yoga exercises and meditation skills. The aim is to provide them with better tools to deal with the daily struggles they face. The school, called Coleman for short, is in the American city of Baltimore, Maryland. Principal Carlillian Thompson brought the program to Coleman in 2010. She sends some of her most troublesome students to the Mindful Moment Room instead of requiring them to stay after school in detention. Nearly one fourth of Baltimore’s population lives below the poverty line. That information comes from the United States Census Bureau. Many children at Coleman face conditions common to poverty. Principal Thompson told broadcaster CNN that a few of her students are homeless, while others live in homes with no electricity. Some have little or no food to eat. Others are related to victims of gun violence. The Mindful Moment Room is a place where Coleman students do deep breathing exercises and clear their minds. They come to learn how they can better react to situations, and how to calm themselves. They can also speak with Mindful Moment specialists about what caused their teachers to send them there.
Title: Yoga Exercises Added to US School Programs
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1631/yoga_in_schools.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Yoga Exercises Added to US School Programs' data-article-id='2149'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14125'>Along with subjects like reading and mathematics, school children at the Robert W. Coleman Elementary School are learning how to spend time in quiet thought.</span> <span data-start-time='14125' data-end-time='20813'>The students are learning yoga exercises and meditation skills.</span> <span data-start-time='20813' data-end-time='28854'>The aim is to provide them with better tools to deal with the daily struggles they face.</span> <span data-start-time='28854' data-end-time='37521'>The school, called Coleman for short, is in the American city of Baltimore, Maryland.</span> <span data-start-time='37521' data-end-time='44875'>Principal Carlillian Thompson brought the program to Coleman in 2010.</span> <span data-start-time='44875' data-end-time='56833'>She sends some of her most troublesome students to the Mindful Moment Room instead of requiring them to stay after school in detention.</span> <span data-start-time='56833' data-end-time='64229'>Nearly one fourth of Baltimore’s population lives below the poverty line.</span> <span data-start-time='64229' data-end-time='69396'>That information comes from the United States Census Bureau.</span> <span data-start-time='69396' data-end-time='75042'>Many children at Coleman face conditions common to poverty.</span> <span data-start-time='75042' data-end-time='87500'>Principal Thompson told broadcaster CNN that a few of her students are homeless, while others live in homes with no electricity.</span> <span data-start-time='87500' data-end-time='92146'>Some have little or no food to eat.</span> <span data-start-time='92146' data-end-time='96583'>Others are related to victims of gun violence.</span> <span data-start-time='96583' data-end-time='106625'>The Mindful Moment Room is a place where Coleman students do deep breathing exercises and clear their minds.</span> <span data-start-time='106625' data-end-time='114792'>They come to learn how they can better react to situations, and how to calm themselves. </span> <span data-start-time='114792' data-end-time='123854'>They can also speak with 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