She Moved Her Chair—and Our School Turned Kindness Into Controversy

compromised.”

“It’s ten minutes,” I said.

Ms. Kline tilted her head.

“Ten minutes every day is fifty minutes a week,” she replied smoothly. “That’s almost an hour of math instruction.”

I stared at her.

Because I wanted to ask what, exactly, we were teaching kids if an hour of math mattered more than a child learning how to breathe in a room full of people.continue reading …