A change has come to my classroom, and I didn’t even know it. While I’ve been busy teaching, California passed Senate Bill 274 expanding the prohibition of suspensions for low-level defiance behaviors ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than two dozen Chicagoans now have an opportunity to live their lives differently. Wednesday marked the first graduation for the Circuit Court of Cook County's Restorative ...

With just two words, a classroom can be thrown into chaos. Anne Gregory, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers University, recalls just such a scenario when an angry high school student ...

Albuquerque Public Schools has been working toward baking in restorative practices in schools for years now. Sometimes, that term just conjures images of talking circles and daily check-ins with ...

The passage of legislation mandating consideration of Restorative Justice in schools marks a movement away from "zero tolerance" by requiring schools to consider a number of mitigating factors or ...

I read with interest the article on restorative practices in the St Paul Public Schools (Feb. 2). Having worked with school districts around the United States as they try to use restorative practices, ...

Ann H. Lê, Ed.D., is a published author and speaker across diverse educational areas, including special education, discipline, behavior, and restorative practices. She is a former assistant director ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded over $100 million in grants to promote restorative justice and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures over the course of the Biden administration, ...

As students return to class, schools everywhere are dealing with the ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: a growing achievement gap, youth mental health crises, even violence in the hallways ...

Boston College is looking to expand its use of restorative practices to broader community building, according to Melissa Woolsey, the associate dean of student conduct. “Restorative practices look to ...

RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - A bill that would require school districts to implement evidence-based restorative disciplinary practices is making its way through the General Assembly. But it’s getting ...

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