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 ...

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This article has been adapted from the book Locked Down, Locked Out by Maya Schenwar. As a rising call to close prisons and reduce prison population takes hold, skeptics continually ask what will ...

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 ...

On a Tuesday morning at YES Prep Northbrook High School, a small group of staff and students gathered around for a circle. Each person passed around a talking piece, a stone, and said how they felt ...

The Coachella Valley Unified School District has been taking a different approach when it comes to its disciplinary policies. Schools within the district have been turning to “restorative justice” ...

Restorative practices promote the creation of spaces of trust and respect, with members of the campus community coming together for difficult conversations, deep listening, and restorative dialogue ...

More and more schools are using restorative practices instead of punitive policies to deal with conflicts. This multipart series will share practical suggestions from educators who have actually been ...

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 ...

While Georgetown University tweaks its Code of Student Conduct every year, the university systems outlined in it do not fully address the needs of students, favoring a more traditional, historically ...

RICHMOND — To give juvenile offenders a chance to redeem themselves, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office is rolling out a new program that aims to help them avoid getting locked up.