Should we reject the use of the best meditation techniques in schools because they are linked to religion?

I am really concerned that the fear of having religions back in our schools can create a bias against the best meditations because they are linked to religions.

In case you aren’t aware of the great benefit of meditations, do a search on meditation on Google Scholar. Avoid general search engines because you will get all kinds of weird sites with no scientific values. You will see that the most studied and effective meditations are linked to ancient traditions, which are classified as religions. The benefits that you gain from these meditations are way above the placebo effect. Techniques that aren’t attached to old traditions, which have for purpose to maintain the quality of the teaching, aren’t efficient. They aren’t better than the placebo effect. This is not surprising because no professionally trained teachers are available to teach these other techniques.
noble8fo…, I completely agree with you. I think this is so true and important. However, it does not address the question, which is about the use (the practice) of meditation for its benefits (removal of anxiety, attention deficit, hyperactivity, violence, etc.), not about the intellectual understanding of the old traditions from where we got these meditations.