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Research Shows that Social and Emotional Learning Improves Academic Achievement

The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is publishing a four-year study confirming that school-based social and emotional learning programs that help...
Restorative Practices in Australia's Schools: Strong Relationships and Multi-School Summits Help Schools

West Beach Public School pupils and teacher Rosemary Griffin participate in SW Metro District’s Restorative Directions Day, engaging in a circle process.Two Australian educators are...
Happy 30th Anniversary CSF

A classroom at the first CSF school, in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USAThirty years ago, in December 1977, the Community Service Foundation (CSF) welcomed Jimmy*, its first client...
Effective and Humane Youth Policy Starts by Treating Youth with Respect

By Rodney Skager
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Rodney Skager is Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Co-Director...
Improving Citizenship and Restoring Community: The 10th Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices

A plenary speech on day one of the conference, photography by Dávid VadóczBorbála Fellegi is a Ph.D. researcher at Eötvös Loránd (ELTE) University, Budapest, Hungary, in the field of...
Restoring Community in a Disconnected World: The Inaugural Address of IIRP Graduate School Founding President Ted Wachtel

Ted Wachtel gives his inauguration speech, applauded by Mr. George Southworth,After a preamble acknowledging those in attendance and acceptance of his new responsibilities as...
American Psychological Association Report Challenges School Zero Tolerance Policies and Recommends Restorative Justice

Joseph Roy, former principal of Springfield Township High School, now Springfield Township superindendent, in PA, USA, utilizies restorative practices to build a positive school...
Building Family Empowerment: CSF Buxmont's Individual Service Plans

Judi and Sean Mariner, a mother and son who have benefited from CSF Buxmont’s ISP processIn 2002, Community Service Foundation and Buxmont Academy (CSF Buxmont) began...
Restorative Practices in Schools: Research Reveals Power of Restorative Approach, Part II

As an increasing number of schools worldwide adopt restorative practices as a means of dealing with discipline and improving school culture, school leaders are beginning to analyze the...
Restorative Practices in Schools: Research Reveals Power of Restorative Approach, Part I

Learn about the IIRP SaferSanerSchools™ program.
Debbie Little, restorative practices coordinator, South Lyon, Michigan, Community Schools, conducts a circle at Centennial Middle...
The IIRP's International Conference Takes the Next Step: Restorative Communities

A lively discussion at “Down Country Roads, from Small Towns to Inner Cities: Restorative Justice in Illinois–See How it Works,” presented by Sally Wolf, Karen Lambert, Edith Crigler...
Graduation at a CSF Buxmont School: A Triumphant Step into the Future

By Laura Mirsky
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Ken, a jubilant graduate of CSF Buxmont, poses with his family.On June 12, all the Community Service Foundation-Buxmont Academy alternative...
Restorative Practices as a Tool for Organizational Change: The Bessels Leigh School

By John Boulton, Laura Mirsky
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The Bessels Leigh School, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, a residential special school for boys with emotional and behavioral...
Restorative Conferencing in Inner-city Albany: From Retribution to Resolution

By Mary Shafer
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“It Definitely Works”
John Cutro facilitated a restorative conference in the wake of a violent fight in a McDonald’s restaurant in...
PEASE Academy: The Restorative Recovery School

By Nancy Riestenberg
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Nancy Riestenberg is a prevention specialist with the Minnesota (USA) Department of Education’s Safe and Healthy Learners Unit. She...
Restorative Practices at Queanbeyan South, an Australian Primary School

By Abbey J. Porter
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Queanbeyan South Public School is a 2004 winner of an Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Award, sponsored by the...
The Nanaimo Community Justice Forum: A Restorative Justice Partnership in British Columbia, Canada

By Laura Mirsky
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The community justice forum model is used across Canada, part of a wider national restorative justice initiative. Restorative justice...
Follow-Up Research Confirms Positive Effect of a Restorative Milieu on Young Offenders

By Paul McCold
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Click here to view the original findings for 1999-2001.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society
of Criminology...
Restorative Justice Conferencing with Young Offenders at Brookside Youth Centre and Secondary School, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada: Interview with Michael Maguire, Bruce Schenk and Ron Cameron

By Laura Mirsky
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Brookside Youth Centre, in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, about 70 kilometers east of Toronto, is a secure residential facility and secondary school...
Restorative Practices at Community Prep High School in New York City

By Laura Mirsky
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(A letter from Community Prep co-leaders Ana Bermúdez and Mark Ryan is available here.)
The International Institute for Restorative...