- 41. Followup on Senate school-to-prison pipeline hearing
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- ... 20-years-old and the organization he represents, Blocks Together from Chicago, is a member of the Dignity in Schools campaign, which had a heavy presence at the hearing. WVmw_uYlUMI In addition to ...
- 42. Who We Are
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- ... Lehigh University Raphael Florestal-Kevelier, Ph.D., MPH Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health and Wellness and Executive Director of the UIC Counseling Center University of Illinois Chicago Cathie ...
- 43. July 2014 Restorative Practices News Roundup
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- ... on race and restorative justice at Roosevelt University in Chicago had on him: "I came away deciding I identify with one race only: the human race." Networking The Community of Restorative Researchers ...
- 44. June 2015 restorative practices news roundup
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- ... achievement." VOYCE (Voices of Chicago Youth in Education), the activists behind SB 100, a bill that addresses the school-to-prison pipeline, wait for the governor of Illinois to sign the law (audio ...
- 45. May 2015 restorative practices news roundup
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- ... and expulsions from over 250 to 67. John Marshall Law School has been awarded a grant to expand anti-violence restorative justice work in a Chicago Public School. Eighteen Loudoun, VA, high, middle ...
- 46. "Restorative justice practices in every classroom," writes Ted Wachte
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- ... York Times. In a piece titled, "Opening up, students transform a vicious circle," Patricia Lee Brown writes, "The approach now taking root in 21 Oakland schools, and in Chicago, Denver and Portland, Ore., ...
- 47. Building Community, Building Peace
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- Journalist Robert KoehlerUpdate: This column, which quotes IIRP President Ted Wachtel, was also picked up by the Huffington Post. Award-winning Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer ...
- 48. A shift away from zero tolerance will improve school discipline
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- ... for firearms, and giving schools more discretion over suspensions. More recently, school districts in Chicago, New Orleans, and Philadelphia altered their codes of conduct to limit suspensions and expulsions. ...
- 49. February 2014 restorative practices news roundup
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- ... [at Uplift Community High School in Chicago, Illinois, USA] have held 16 [restorative] conferences, 15 of which have ended in agreements that were successfully completed; 129 days of suspension were prevented." ...
- 50. U.S. Senate hearing on ending the school-to-prison pipeline
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- ... County, Georgia; Edward Ward, Youth Leader, Blocks Together, Chicago, Illinois; Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director, Advancement Project; and Andrew Coulson, Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for ...