Schools

Here's a response a week ago to a report issued by the Department of Education stating that:

Minority students across America face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous...

Miguel Tello, director of IIRP Central America, appeared on a radio podcast - This Is Wisdom - based, I believe in Canada.  Miguel is very articulate and talks about his own...

Photo by rick at Flickr Creative Commons, some rights reservedI've noticed a continuing theme involving a growing awareness of systemic prejudice in schools toward minority students...

Lady Gaga and Oprah During the BTWF LaunchAs reported in a post last month, SaferSanerSchools Instructor Lee Rush was invited along with 80 other national leaders to Harvard...

An upcoming issue of The Prevention Researcher will focus on Restorative Justice. They write:

It has been our observation that many people are still unfamiliar with restorative...

John Bailie, IIRP Director of Continuing Education

The use of restorative practices “is a highly effective response to bullying” in schools. So said John Bailie in his keynote address...

The Baltimore Curriculum Project writes on their news blog:

Thank you to Hampstead Hill Academy and the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) for an...

SaferSanerSchools instructor Lee Rush has been invited along with 80 other national leaders to attend a Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty at Harvard University in Cambridge...

From Living Justice Press:

In this, her first book, Nancy Riestenberg writes warmly and with long experience about the challenges facing school communities and how restorative...

Here are two brief excerpts from an article by Sara K. Satullo that appeared last Friday, February 3 in the Easton Express-Times:

Bethlehem Area Social Studies teacher Joanne...

IIRP affiliate Coordinated Educational Resources Group, LLC (Patrice Vossekuil, Executive Director), will be presenting during the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 2012 "Opening the...

Here a portion of a story yesterday by columnist Robert Koehler at the Chicago Tribune:

"I found myself running down the hall all the time because of fights," Rhonda Richetta told me...

Here's news from IIRP's sister organization, Buxmont Academy, which has opened its first elementary school, which will operate with the use of restorative practices in a unique...

March 6 & 7, 2012, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Hosted by: Lancaster Catholic High School, 650 Juliette Avenue, Lancaster, PA

Two in-service days offered in the SaferSanerSchools...

Last week I linked to a blog post by Photographer Matt Roth about City Springs Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore and their successful use of Restorative Practices for dealing with...

Photographer Matt Roth posted some lovely photos recently on his blog, part of a photo shoot for an article that appeared in Education Week last summer.

The quote that stands out for...

As a followup to Wednesday's post about the upcoming student-led initiative  in Philadelphia - "End Violence Through Restorative Justice" - organized by The Campaign for...

In Philadelphia, The Campaign for Nonviolent Schools, a citywide, youth-led campaign, is planning an afternoon event titled Ending Violence Through Schools. Workshops include...