A chat, a snack and a chance to cool down: How one school district kept far fewer kids from getting in trouble Student suspensions in Oceanside Unified have plummeted with the help of wellness ...

The trend isn't popular with everyone, though. School officials from Houston County, Ga., to Katy, Texas, to Southfield, Mich., to Bakersfield, Calif., have banned pajama- wearing at school.

While the middle schoolers rotated through the learning stations, their teachers kept careful watch. One admitted that she had been concerned that some of her students might not have the attention ...