The David Lynch Foundation conducts student surveys in each of our Quiet Time schools. Our findings include:
Bronx High School for Law and Community
- After the first year of Quiet Time, the school had its highest four-year graduation rate in the history of the school, with 81% of seniors receiving a diploma
Brooklyn Urban Garden School
- 63% of Quiet Time students have better focus in school
- 51% of Quiet Time students report feeling happier since starting meditation
- 54% of Quiet Time students report sleeping better since starting meditation
- 53% of Quiet Time students feel less angry since starting meditation
- 52% of Quiet Time students feel more confident since starting meditation
- 59% of Quiet Time students say they get more work done at school and at home since starting meditation
- 57% of Quiet Time students feel that meditation has helped them with their academic study
- 53% of Quiet Time students say they argue and fight less with others since starting meditation
- 56% of Quiet Time students feel that they are making healthier life choices since starting meditation
- 68% of BUGS students appreciate having Quiet Time at school
- From their first graduating class in 2016, students who were at BUGS for all three years increased from 26% to 45% in their proficiency in math. BUGS administrators credit the school’s success to its unique, collaborative culture and cite Quiet Time as an integral part of that culture.
New Horizons School
- 22% improvement in GPA
- 35% reduction in anxiety and anger
- 40% decrease in fatigue
Aspire Ollin University
- 90% decrease in suspensions over a three-year period
Over 350 studies have been published on the beneficial effects of Transcendental Meditation on mental and physical health. Additional findings on the benefits of TM in schools include:
- Reduction in stress, depression, and burnout among teachers practicing TM (Elder, Charles; Nidich, Sanford; Moriarty, Francis; Nidich, Randi. Perm J. 2014 Winter; 18(1): 19-23)
- Decrease in school absences among meditating students (Barnes VA, Bauza LB, Treiber FA. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2003 Apr 23;1:10)
- 25% increase in high school graduation rate among low-performing students (Education 133: 556-565, 2011)
- 40% reduction in psychological distress, including stress, anxiety and depression (American Journal of Hypertension 22 (12): 1326-1331, 2009)
- Increased attendance and decreased suspensions among high school students (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1:10, 2003)
- Reduced ADHD symptoms and symptoms of other learning disorders (Mind & Brain: The Journal of Psychiatry 2 (1): 73-81, 2011)
- 21% increase in high school graduation rates (Education 133 (4): 495-500, 2013)
- 10% improvement in test scores and GPA (Education 131: 556-565, 2011)
- Increased intelligence and creativity (Intelligence 29: 419-440, 2001)