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Fresno Unified approves restorative justice program
from the article by Linda Mumma for ABC30:
After three years of working with the district -- members of the youth advocacy group "Students United to Create A Climate of Engagement, Support and Safety" -- got the outcome they were looking for.
Fresno Unified School Board Member Carol Mills said, "This board hereby adopts this resolution to create and implement a school discipline framework of restorative practices."
May 14, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Defusing conflict in schools
from the photo essay by Jim Wilson in the New York Times:
Mr. Butler passed a “talking stone” to a student during a circle, indicating that the student had the floor.
May 01, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Detroit students restore peace by talking it out
from the article by Charles Honey for Christianity Today:
It all started with Twitter.
Weekend tweets and re-tweets among two girls and their friends. She says she wants to fight her, he tweets it to others, word goes around. Come Monday, the threatened girl stays home from school.
By Wednesday, four of them sit around a cafeteria table in a charter academy in Detroit, facing each other. Talking, not fighting is the way things are worked out here.
Apr 29, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Youth United: We have a solution - restorative justice
from the entry by Haydi Torres and Blancy Rosales on Women in and beyond the Global:
....When students are suspended, we don’t get a chance to work on whatever it was that made us act out in the first place. And being sent home from school makes us feel like we don’t matter, that our school does not care about or believe in us.
Apr 24, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Restorative justice?
from the post by Virago on KiwiBiker forum:
This makes for some interesting reading: http://aranakenny.blogspot.co.nz/
It's worthwhile clicking through some of the links to get all the details, but in a nutshell:
A Victoria University employee, doing caretaking and security work, steals a student's cellphone while working. Seven months later, the victim tracks the phone down using smart-phone technology, and hands the evidence to the police. The culprit is arrested and charged, and he admits the theft.
Apr 09, 2013 School, Region: Pacific, Theory, Country:New Zealand, Distinguishing, Policy
Restorative practices in schools and communities
from the post by Oana on UFV Centre for Safe Schools:
….A growing international body of research demonstrates that restorative action-based practices in schools contribute to safer and more productive learning environments for both staff and students. In 2004, The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales evaluated a large-scale pilot restorative justice project designed to reduce unwanted behaviors (eg. bullying and victimization, poor attendance) and school suspensions. The comparison study utilized surveys and interviews with 5,000 students, 1,150 staff members, and 600 outside participants. Schools that used restorative action reported:
- Fewer students who felt that bullying was a problem in their school, and
- Fewer instances of racist name-calling and bullying, such as hitting, kicking, theft, verbal threats, and skipping class to avoid bullies.
Mar 19, 2013 School, Country:Scotland, Country:Canada, Country:England&Wales, Evaluation
Restorative justice helps at-risk kids in Oakland
from the article by Staphanie Chuang for NBC Bay Area:
And these three know what it can all lead to. They’ve all been locked up in juvenile hall for various crimes, from auto theft to assault and battery. Morgan said the latter was what she was behind bars for at just 14 years old. She admitted to using a crowbar on a group of girls she said attacked her first. “I was so mad where I couldn’t stop myself. I started hitting them and hitting them and hitting them.”
Mar 07, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Limiting the role of police in our schools
from the commentary by Ricardo Martinez in the Denver Post:
....In 2008, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos was involved in creating the most progressive student discipline code in the country, calling for an end to racial disparities in discipline and limiting the role of police in Denver Public Schools. Since then, out-of-school suspensions are down 25.7 percent; expulsions are down 48.8 percent; and Denver County Juvenile Court filings from DPS are down 43.3 percent.
Feb 27, 2013 Policy, School, Region: North America and Caribbean, Country:USA
Restorative justice for schools
From the entry by Lorenn Walker on Restorative Justice & Other Public Health Approaches for Healing:
“Your son’s been hit in the head by another student,” the vice principal said when I answered the phone one day in 1999.
My son was 13 and in the eighth grade. The vice principal added, “The other student has been suspended.”
“Please don’t suspend him,” I asked, fearing it would make things worse.
“It’s school policy,” the vice principal responded.
Feb 11, 2013 Policy, School, Country:USA
Restorative justice: the evolution of an issue
from the entry by Colette Kimball for the Prevention Researcher blog:
....It was 2007 when I was first asked about doing an issue on restorative justice by our author, Sandra Pavelka. Although I was potentially interested, two things kept this issue from happening more quickly: First, I felt like the literature surrounding restorative justice needed to have a stronger research-base; and, second, restorative justice was a concept and approach I struggled to fully understand. There are so many types of interventions that fall under the rubric of “restorative justice” that seeing the connections was difficult for me.
Feb 04, 2013 School, Practice, Region: North America and Caribbean, Policy, Evaluation, Teacher, Country:USA
