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All posts tagged "restorative justice"
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884► ReportsNational report highlights severe cost of inadequate juvenile justice system
Our state and federal juvenile justice systems fail to consider stages of adolescent development.
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798NewsWhat happens when suspensions get suspended?
Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.'
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1.2KGuest Opinion EssayBreaking walls, building bridges: A call for restorative justice in school discipline
Schools can create a culture of accountability, healing and growth that benefits everyone involved.
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813NewsSchools face pressure to take harder line on discipline
As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the pandemic, many schools are facing pressure.
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1.2KNewsAfter year of violence, US schools try to tame tensions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first week of school was supposed to mark a triumphant return to classrooms at San Francisco’s Everett...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew, multimillion-dollar jail is no panacea for juvenile offenders
How one prisoner, sentenced as a teen, sees spending millions on new juvenile jail: Replacing an old youth jail with a new...
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2.3KNewsFor a child who killed their child, they chose restoration, not prison
The day they came face-to-face with the teen who accidentally shot and killed their son, Brad and Meagan Hulett confirmed, in their...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayDisruptive students, often facing challenges at home and in their communities, deserve acts of “restorative justice”
This is how practitioners of restorative justice approach things: First, focus on building strong, authentic relationships in a community, including schools that...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayPreventing needless punishments, including student arrests, demands new approaches as classes resume
A June 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Education found that, from the 2015-16 through 2017-18 school years, there was a...
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1.8KFrom the BureausAmid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units
For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayRestorative Justice Is Used to Legitimize Oppressive Systems
The practices and approaches the Western world today refers to as “restorative justice” have roots in indigenous, including indigenous African, peacemaking and...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayAnnual Conference Nourishes Florida Restorative Justice
Formed in 2013 and established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2014, the Florida Restorative Justice Association (FRJA) is the only entity in...
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayResistance to Restorative Justice: Understanding, Working Through Staff Skepticism
When you are trying to make the shift to a restorative justice mindset, having even a few teachers, support personnel or administrators...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayRestorative Justice Can Give Kids the Power of Choice
“I’m too busy to volunteer,” I mumble to myself, and I know I’ve given the stink-eye to those perpetually busy do-gooder women...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayFrom Restorative Justice Skeptic to Advocate in 2 Weeks
Walking back into my middle school classroom after being out the previous day at a training, I first noticed that the colorful...
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6.7KGuest Opinion EssayOakland Demonstrates Right Way to Use Restorative Justice With Teens
Restorative justice is a centuries-old approach that seeks to empower people to address the harms, needs and obligations that arise when a...
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5.4KGuest Opinion EssayDear Restorative Justice: Our Student Isn’t Responding
What do you do when someone is obdurate and has no interest in taking responsibility or admitting any guilt at all?
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayThat Time I Was on the Other Side of Restorative Justice
A referral came in from a music teacher in our high school. The music department was preparing for the Winter Showcase and...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayRestorative Justice Circle Can Lead to Greater Empathy, Vulnerability
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayBig Picture Learning Could Help Disrupt the Foster-care-to-prison Pipeline
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
