Schools

"From the schoolhouse to State House, 'academic skills' have been emphasized, tested, and reported upon, but another essential aspect of a child’s education — social and emotional...

Katy Hutchison, of British Columbia, Canada, lost her husband when he was brutally beaten to death by teenagers at a party in their neighborhood. Katy would later meet the young man...

via Flickr Creative Commons User: It's Our City

The International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Graduate School has received a multi-year grant from Read More

IIRP President Ted Wachtel writes:

I sent a letter to the editors of the The New York Times responding to its May 29, 2013, editorial about "The School-to-Prison Pipeline."

"I was...

This video, in Catalan with English subtitles, portrays a project to implement restorative practices across sectors in the Son Gotleu neighborhood of the city of Palma on the...

“Restorative practices helped me look at what I did wrong instead of always blaming other people,” says Joe RoyEighteen-year-old Joe Roy has been on a bumpy journey, but now he’s...

Photo by Jim Capaldi at Flickr Creative Commons

"Drawing from both liberal and conservative values, restorative practices cultivate a society based on participation and mutual...

I've featured IIRP's work with City Springs Public Charter School (K-8) in Baltimore, Maryland, a number of times in the past. Now, in this 6-minute segment from Voice of...

The following are excerpts from a recent article published in School Nurse News by Laura Mirsky, IIRP Assistant Director for Communications. 

Kathleen Hawkins, a school nurse...

As a recipient of the Anika Foundation Scholarship, Sam Kourakis came to North America for five weeks to study restorative practices with the IIRP and a number of schools...

Youth United for Change (YUC) describes itself as "a youth-led, democratic organization made up of youth of color and working class communities, with the 'people' and political power...

Photo by USAG Humphreys at Flickr Creative Commons

"Hurt people hurt people: Helped people help people," write Angela Dornai and Dorothy Vaandering in an article in the March/April...

"Test Tube" by Jason Hickey at Flickr Creative Commons.

I noticed a story last week about a Florida teen who was expelled from school for a science experiment gone wrong. This case is...

Moment of silence for Boston bombing victims. Photo by Rebecca Hildreth at Flick Creative Commons

Pierre R. Berastaín, a student at Harvard Divinity School, proposes that restorative...

IIRP Latin America always get the best photos. In the past couple days they've posted two albums to facebook with students young and old.

IIRP Latin America's director Jean Schmitz...

In a sprawling school district in northeast Ontario, Canada, with six secondary and 18 primary schools, restorative practices have not only reduced suspensions, but also helped change...

Last week I posted a link to a new report issued by the Civil Rights Project at University of California, Los Angeles, ”Out of School & Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in...

Terry O'Connell has a chapter, called "Conflict and Relationships: Restorative Ways of Building Community," in a new book titled Peace in Action: Practices, Policies and Perspectives...

Photo by Michael Stravato for the New York TimesPhiladelphia youth activists explain and critique the school-to-prison pipeline in On Blast, a seven-minute podcast. Their description...