Brattleboro Reformer

New training curriculum in Restorative Justice

Restorative Community Justices of Southern Vermont is hosting weekly trainings via Zoom. Topics range from introductory Restorative Justice concepts, non-violent communication, equity and antiracism ...
The Hechinger Report

Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the Covid mental health crisis

A Dallas student reads from a book designed to provide social-emotional skills. The Dallas Independent School District invests in social-emotional learning and is hiring more than 50 clinicians to ...
Edutopia

Using Restorative Practices Proactively

A core principle of restorative practices is that they are most effective when used before any conflict has occurred.
EdSource

Let’s fully fund restorative justice — because it works

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 ...
Lawrence Journal-World

After rollout of restorative justice in middle and high schools, school district to expand method to elementary schools

The vast majority of the behavior issues at Lawrence middle and high schools are now dealt with using restorative justice practices, and the school district is planning to expand the discipline ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Restorative practices uphold school community at Bellows Falls Middle School

BELLOWS FALLS — With the world buzzing outside their meeting room window, a group of Bellows Falls Middle School students were laser-focused on the adults in the room. Staff Keri Newton, the ...
Albuquerque Journal

Growing number of NM schools pursue restorative justice to keep kids in schools

On a brisk February morning with snow on the ground, children arrived at Tsé Bit A’í Middle School in Shiprock, on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. Word in the hallway was something was ...
The Hechinger Report

Restorative justice is about more than just reducing suspensions

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AOL

How restorative justice works at a MPS school, a decade in

On a winter Monday morning at Audubon High School in Milwaukee, three ninth-graders huddled and fussed over an egg named Billy Bob. Amber Sengsourisack used a marker to draw the egg’s anxious facial ...
Star Tribune

Minnesota institute at ‘epicenter’ of training on racial restorative justice

Amid sustained protests against police violence and calls for societal change in the nearly two months since the police killing of George Floyd, there has been a growing hunger from individuals and ...
The Texas Tribune

Twice a week, these Texas students circle up and talk about their feelings. It’s lowering suspensions and preventing violence.

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The Washington Post

Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the coronavirus mental health crisis

The calls started at 6 a.m., and Patrick McCauley was ready, having retreated to the privacy of his garage, where he sat waiting for Angelenos to share how they are coping with the stresses of the ...