I was at work when I received the call from a school administrator that my daughter had bitten a boy on the playground. My kid bit someone!? I rocketed down the rabbit hole in my mind: Who was this ...

When the student-government president here at City Springs Elementary/Middle School turned into the class clown last school year and began treating teachers disrespectfully, administrators had many ...

Restorative practices are practices learned from the larger Restorative Justice (RJ) movement with the intent of strengthening relationships, building community, and resolving conflict. RJ is a ...

Educators are embracing restorative justice practices to facilitate safe and relational school environments and address inequities in school disciplinary practices. Research-based guidance offers ...

The Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Restorative Practices (MCR) Initiative assumes that conflict is an inevitable part of any organization, and that the existence of conflict is not problematic.

Our diversifying high school in northern Colorado is navigating community fractures through the implementation of restorative practices, approaches aimed at building relationships and responding to ...

My educational philosophy focuses on relationships in the learning process, and the need to develop connection before delivering content. For almost 20 years Restorative Practices (RP) have enabled me ...

Worcester County’s Pocomoke High School opened its doors as usual to 352 students on a bright but chilly Thursday last December. A mix of mellow pop hits played in the background, and students at the ...

This May, the Los Angeles Unified School District celebrated the 10th anniversary of the School Climate Bill of Rights — a resolution that halted suspensions for willful defiance and brought ...

Open, vulnerable, listening and connection. These are the words that come to mind when senior Sophia Christodoulou, co-president of The Petey Greene Program at Tufts, thinks of a restorative practice ...

Practitioners on school and college-based Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) sit at the nexus of care, conduct, safety, and support. These teams are tasked with preventing harm, responding to ...