Despite still appearing on its website, Columbus City Schools has shuttered its Equity Department. According to Columbus City Schools chief of staff and interim ...

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on May 29, 2025, we discuss the Center for Youth's new “Restoring Justice, Re-Engaging Youth” initiative and the challenges facing young people.

School districts across the country spent more than $19 million in federal tax dollars on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ...

The Strategic Plan provides a framework for the County to adopt restorative justice practices in its public schools, legal system, and community settings. Arlington expects to receive a $ ...

It took eight months, but Monia Dees and her daughter Zariah Dees got an apology from Stamford Public Schools last week. Michael Hyman, president of the Stamford Board of Education, wrote a letter — ...

Restorative justice offers a different approach to justice, focusing on healing and accountability rather than punishment, ...

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to reinstate “common sense” school discipline, more states may follow and expand the authority of teachers and school officials to deal w ...

Ruth Jeannoel's book explores the transformative power of restorative justice practices for community healing and collective care.

Ray Fuller, Coordinator of Threat Assessment and Safety at Texas' Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, talks threat assessment.

Acosta, Joie, et al. "Evaluation of a Whole-School Change Intervention: Findings from a Two-Year Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Restorative Practices Intervention." Journal of Youth and ...

While many schools acknowledge its benefits, they often struggle to establish a clear framework for implementation. By uniting the entire staff around a commitment to restorative practices instead ...