The term “restorative practices” is tossed around a lot these days, and this multipart series can help clarify what it looks like on the ground. Restorative justice practices attend to victims’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worcester County’s Pocomoke High School opened its doors as usual to 352 students on a bright but chilly Thursday last December. A ...

Our diversifying high school in northern Colorado is navigating community fractures through the implementation of restorative practices, approaches aimed at building relationships and responding to ...

Educators are embracing restorative justice practices to facilitate safe and relational school environments and address inequities in school disciplinary practices. Research-based guidance offers ...

Restorative practices constitute a paradigm shift in school culture, moving from punitive discipline to relational approaches that foreground dialogue, accountability and the repair of harm.

POCOMOKE CITY — Worcester County’s Pocomoke High School opened its doors as usual to 352 students on a bright but chilly Thursday last December. A mix of mellow pop hits played in the background, and ...

Author, professor and trailblazing activist Bell Hooks once said: "To build community requires vigilant awareness … rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of community." ...

Over four decades of parenting, I’ve seen the way attitudes and practices shift – often in response to perceived problems or overcorrections. Once, there was a belief in letting kids do their own ...

Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year End Giving Guide. Isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic produced many challenges for children, their parents, and their teachers. Academically, ...

When the Trump administration released its school-safety report last month, it landed with a thud—and only partly because it’s a clunky 180 pages. Many of the recommendations in the report, authored ...