Pocomoke High School in Maryland has implemented "restorative practices" to address student discipline and foster a positive learning environment. This approach, emphasizing communication and conflict ...

New research from the University of Chicago Education Lab finds that restorative practices in schools can significantly reduce suspensions and student arrests for violent and non-violent offenses and ...

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 ...

Restorative justice in education aims to resolve conflicts and address misbehavior through dialogue and accountability rather than relying solely on punitive measures such as suspensions or expulsions ...

Bates College is committed to helping students resolve conflicts peacefully and to develop the skills needed to successfully navigate conflict and difficult situations throughout their lives.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...