Wanke Elementary School in north San Antonio, Friday, March 9, 2012
Wanke Elementary School in north San Antonio, Friday, March 9, 2012 Jennifer Whitley

LiiNK, a new program developed by Texas Christian University and modeled after the Finland school system, is being deployed to kindergarten and first grade classrooms across Texas. Thanks to the program’s four 15-minute recess breaks, teachers and parents are already seeing improvements in attention, energy levels and can track a decrease in bullying behaviors. (The Huffington Post)

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Jacob Sanchez was a newsletters fellow for the Tribune in 2016. At St. Edward’s University, he studied political science and journalism. Previously, Sanchez was an editorial intern at The Texas Observer,...