Public schools across our country have adopted “restorative” practices to manage student discipline, claiming these policies restore the relationship between the victim and bully while lowering the ...

Lori Smith is the first of at least three social workers the Clark County School District Police Department is adding to their ranks. The relationship may be unique, as Smith believes she is the first ...

School staff were trained to think of discipline differently. They were asked to find out why students are disruptive rather than remove them from school. Fifth-graders Thomas Medley, (left), and ...

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 ...

Restorative justice is a proactive framework that fosters healthy school environments and addresses mental health challenges. Integrating restorative justice with teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) ...

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 ...

Since COVID, the word “resilience'' has been the zeitgeist to describe these trying times. Most have used the word in terms of individual resiliency. Research has demonstrated that there are ...