Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4T H E Q U I E T T I M E P R O G R A M KEY RESEARCH RESULTS T he Quiet Time program has been incorporated in public, charter, and private schools nationwide, including in San Francisco where more than 3,000 students, faculty, administrators, and staff in four public schools have learned Transcenden- tal Meditation over the past five years. Below are two examples of research collected from the San Francisco Unified School District Quiet Time programs. R ecent controlled studies in other schools have shown significant improve- ments in test scores, daily attendance, and graduation rates, along with reduc- tions in anxiety and substance abuse among meditating students. Research has also shown reductions in anxiety, depression, anger, fatigue, absence due to illness, and turnover rate among teachers. This research shows that low-performing students who learned to meditate improved significantly more than low-performing students who did not learn to meditate on the state-mandated math standardized test. Source: Center for Wellness and Achievement in Education Quiet Time Control 50- 25- 0- Percentage with at least one performance level gain on California STAR MathachievementatVisitacionValleyMiddleSchool p = .001 Three-year suspension rates—Visitacion Valley vs. Other SF Middle Schools This data shows that suspension rates dropped over time as the QuietTime program became more established at Visitacion Valley Middle School. In the first full year of the program, the suspension rate was 28%, more than twice the District average for middle schools. In the third full year of the pro- gram, suspension rates were 4%, less than half the District average. Source: San Francisco Unified School District 2007–8 28 12.5 11 4 11.8 8.2 2008–9 2010–11 30– 25– 20 – 15– 10– 5– 0– Suspension rates Visitacion Valley MS Average of other MS PLEASE REGISTER BY OCTOBER 19, 2012 