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 ...

A key initiative in criminal justice reform and crime prevention is the growing use of the theory of restorative justice, which focuses on conflict resolution and meeting the needs of victims and ...

On October 18, 2022, the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development hosted restorative justice expert Ted Lewis for a workshop with Calvin University staff and faculty. Lewis applied the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Erika Niles is an instructional coordinator in St. Louis and has served in the field of education for over 20 years as a teacher, instructional coach, and specialist. She works relentlessly to develop ...

Violence and crime that occur in our schools are issues everyone wants taken seriously. We can all agree that safety for teachers and students is critical. Although conflict is a natural part of human ...

Michael Kelly was acting like a fool. He didn't deny it. That is why, by 9 a.m. one recent morning, he was sitting in the ninth-grade help zone at Wilson Magnet High School rather than in class. He ...

ST. PAUL - Nikki Staab was on vacation in October when a fight broke out in her usually well-mannered seventh-grade science class at Farnsworth Aerospace school in St. Paul. In a typical year, the ...

The history of the Middle East – and especially between Palestinians and Jews – abounds with blame, recrimination, retaliation, and an ever-escalating cycle of mistrust and violence. There is indeed ...