Press Coverage

4/22/2019 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin — Restorative practices are helping to prevent bullying in Beloit and Franklin schools; IIRP Instructor Lee Rush weighs in
4/10/2019: Green Bay Press Gazette, Wisconsin — Restorative practices can help address and prevent bullying in schools: IIRP instructor Lee Rush interviewed
4/7/2019: Lawrence Journal World, Kansas — Lawrence schools investigating restorative practices; IIRP instructor Ryan Fenderson speaks at summit
3/28/2019: Argus Courier, Petaluma, CA — IIRP Instructor Mike Simpson bringing restorative practices to Sonoma County, CA, giving kids a voice and a second chance
1/28/2019: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Editorial board: RAND Corporation research shows encouraging results on restorative practices in Pittsburgh schools that could help schools nationwide
1/28/2019: WDRB Louisville (KY) — Student suspensions down 16% at Jefferson County Public Schools; elementary school disciplinary actions cut in half, after restorative practices training from IIRP
1/16/2019: Grosse Point News (MI) — Restorative practices shared with Grosse Point educators by IIRP Instructor
1/5/2019: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Research postive: restorative practices improves school climate, reduces suspensions and racial discipline disparities in Pittsburgh schools, with training by the IIRP
1/4/2019: US News and World Report — Study shows Pittsburgh schools using restorative practices improve climate and reduce suspensions, trained by the IIRP
1/4/2019: What's Next for Pittsburgh — Study data encouraging on restorative practices' impact on discipline, climate in schools, with help from the IIRP
1/3/2019: The Atlantic — Major study in Pittsburgh shows how restorative practices can reduce school suspensions, improve school climate (training provided by IIRP)
1/3/2019: Education Dive — Research shows restorative practices reduces racial discipline disparities, suspensions, taught by IIRP
12/13/2018: Detroit Jewish News — Bloomfield school employs restorative practices to address antisemitic hate speech, trained by the IIRP.
11/30/2018: School News Network, Grand Rapids, Michigan — Area schools addressing behavior and school climate with restorative practices, trained by the IIRP
11/23/2018: Pittsburgh Courier — Achievement improved and suspensions down 35% due to restorative practices training by the IIRP.
11/22/2018: InHalton, Ontario, Canada — Halton, Ontario schools implement restorative practices to address pressing issues, with training by IIRP Canada
11/17/2018: LOOP Trinidad and Tobago — Hazel Thompson Ahye, IIRP 2016, appointed Senator in Trinidad and Tobago.
10/16/2018: The Royal Gazette, Hamilton, Bermuda — Lynne Winfield and Hashim Estwick of CURB presenting at IIRP World Conference in Detroit
8/13/2018: Louisville, KY, Courier Journal — Jefferson County Public Schools sharply curbs suspensions, discipline problems, builds school community with restorative practices, trained by IIRP.
8/8/2018: Pittsburgh Post Gazette — RAND study shows restorative practices have positive effect on Pittsburgh public schools, with training from IIRP.
7/10/2018: Quality Matters — IIRP joins Quality Matters course evaluation program: Interview with Gina Baral Abrams, DrPH, IIRP Director of Research and Program Evaluation
7/5/2018: Park Record, Park City, Utah — Utah junior high school improves communication, accountability with pilot restorative practices program
6/25/2018: Media, PA, Town Talk — IIRP licensed trainer appointed as Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Learning at Delaware County Intermediate Unit
6/11/2018: Detroit Free Press — Detroit schools implement restorative practices to lower suspension rates, improve learning
6/10/2018: The Times of Northwest Indiana — Indiana high school helps troubled students using restorative practices
5/31/2018: The Baltimore Sun — Betsy DeVos observes restorative practices at Maryland school district in seeking solution to school violence
5/31/2018: The Washington Post — Federal Commission on School Safety visits Maryland elementary school to observe approach to safety, including restorative techniques
5/23/2018: Common Wonders — Empowering kids instead of arming them
5/21/2018: Macomb Daily, Clinton Township, MI — Michigan high school uses restorative practices to foster relationships, improve discipline
5/21/2018: Knox News, Knoxville, TN — Restorative practices helps Knoxville high school resolve discipline problems
5/20/2018: Roanoke Rapids, NC, Daily Herald — North Carolina high school lowers suspensions, improves school culture with restorative practices
5/3/2018: York, PA, Daily Record — IIRP alumna leads campaign to help homeless youth in York, PA
5/2/2018: WABE Radio, Atlanta, GA —Schools see drop in discipline incidents after adopting restorative practices
5/2/2018: Public News Service, Knoxville, TN — Justice Knox community group urges schools to embrace restorative practices
4/27/2018: The Village Green —South Orange, Maplewood NJ school district seeks community input on revising its code of conduct to emphasize restorative practices
4/17/2018 — ABC News, Louisville, KY: Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together ask city leaders to commit to putting restorative practices in 10 more schools by 2019-20
4/10/2018 — NPR New Orleans: Educators employ restorative practices to keep young people in school and alive
4/7/2018 —St. Lucia News: Four new restorative practices trainers certified in the Caribbean, trained by Director of IIRP Canada Bruce Schenk
4/6/2018 —Chapel Hill, NC, Herald Sun: Restorative practices improve discipline, academics, racial discipline disparities, in Chapel Hill schools
3/28/2018 — Chalkbeat: Restorative practices a conduit to address racial discipline disparities in Colorado.
2/28/2018 — Detroit Metro Times: Restorative practices in Detroit: Interview with IIRP Michigan Representative Henry McClendon
2/14/2018 — New London Connecticut The Day: IIRP alumna helps schools make a difference with teen dating violence
1/27/2018 — Norwich Connecticut Bulletin: Restorative practices a hit in all district schools
1/27/2018 — Pittsburgh Post Gazette: School Superintendent Anthony Hamlet: Restorative practices to be introduced to all schools
1/24/2018 — The Middlebury Campus: IIRP providing restorative practices professional development to Middlebury College, Vermont
1/24/2018 — Fox 5 News Baltimore: IIRP to provide restorative practices professional development to 15 schools with support from Open Society Institute Baltimore
January/February 2018 — Principal Magazine (National Association of Elementary Schoool Principals): Restorative practices is a better approach to school discipline
1/22/2018 — San Franciso Examiner: School Superintendent says restorative practices play a vital role in classrooms
1/4/2018 — Centre Daily Times, PA: State College HS addresses racial discrimination incidents with restorative practices, with training from the IIRP.
1/4/2018 —Baltimore Sun: Restorative practices build community, inclusiveness, equity in Howard County, Maryland, schools, trained by the IIRP.
1/2/2018 — Tampa Bay Times: Restorative practices is transforming school culture and climate and addressing racial discipline disparities in Pinellas County, Fla., schools, with training from the IIRP.
12/20/2017 — Trinidad & Tobago Newsday: IIRP Graduate School alumna Hazel Thompson-Ahye promotes restorative justice in a letter to the editor after a magistrate takes strides in that direction
12/19/2017 — Chapel Hill, NC, Herald Sun: School culture improves, discipline referrals drop with restorative practices, with professional development from the International Institute for Restorative Practices
11/16/2017 — Detroit News: Michigan schools required to consider restorative practices for behavior issues, and it's reducing suspensions
11/10/2017 — Denver Post: Denver teens heal racial divisions with restorative practices
11/2/2017 — Bucks County Herald, Pa.: 2017 IIRP World Conference featured presenter Mica Pollock, Ph.D., shares l esson in working with children: "Words matter" (p. 44)
10/10/2017 — Pittsburgh Courier: Pittsburgh Public Schools expands restorative practices to 10 more schools
10/9/2017 — The Royal Gazette: IIRP helps the group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda with truth and reconciliation talks.
9/28/2017 — US News & World Report: Restorative practices addresses anxiety in children of undocumented parents at Hampstead Hill Academy, Baltimore.
8/16/2017 — Ed Surge: Dallas high school taking a more humanistic approach to student-staff realtionships with training from the IIRP.
8/11/2017 — Bethlehem Press, Pa.: IIRP alumna Lynette Reed presents on animal-assisted therapy at IIRP symposium
7/14/2017 — KGTV San Diego, Ca.: San Diego Unified School District builds empathy and relationships with restorative practices
7/11//2017 — Education Week: Relationships and restorative practices heal student trauma
7/6/2-17 — Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle: Restorative and trauma-informed approach improve behavior, attendance and attention in Rochester schools
7/5/2017 — USA Today: Restorative practices makes the difference at new all-boys high school in Washington, D.C.
7/5/2017 — Christian Science Monitor: The restorative approach helps struggling students succeed in school.
6/15/2017 — Alexandria, VA,News: IIRP Licensed Trainer Gregory Baldwin is School Climate Specialist reducing school suspensions with restorative practices
6/2/2017 —The Costa Rica Star: IIRP friend Magistrate Doris Aria Madrigal's restorative justice program successfully rehabilitates more than 3,500 people
6/1/2017 — Mural Arts Philadelphia Blog: IIRP alumna discusses the Restorative Practices Youth program, working with students in juvenile justice and foster care
5/25/2017 — Chestnut Hill Local, Philadelphia, PA: IIRP alumna profiled for her work seeking to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, addiction and trauma in the American Muslim community.
5/11/2017 — Bradenton, FL, Herald: Mantatee County, FL, Public Schools hears restorative practices presentation from the IIRP's Lee Rush, may implement the practices
5/5/8/2017 — WCHL. Chapel Hill, NC: Chapel Hill and Carboro, NC, schools implementing restorative practices with training from the IIRP
5/2/2017 —KREM, Spokane, WA: Restorative practices decrease suspensions, improve relationships, community and student accountability in Spokane public schools, with professional development from the IIRP
4/24/2017 — WINK, Ft. Myers, FL: Lee County School District implements restorative practices following professional development with the IIRP
4/11/2017 — WLKY, Louisville, KY: Jefferson County Public Schools hosts superintendent summit to introduce restorative practices, with IIRP Director of Continuing Education Keith Hickman
3/2/2017 — Costa Rica Star: Costa Rican Judiciary’s Restorative Justice Program to join with Mexico and Colombia in European Union-backed project, led by IIRP colleague, Magistrate Doria Arias.
2/23/2017 —Bleacher Report: IIRP Provost Craig Adamson, Ph.D., on how the NFL might employ restorative processes with players accused of domestic assault
2/13/2017 — WRGT TV, Dayton, OH: IIRP Licensed Trainer Deron Bell advises parents how to tell if their child is being bullied.
1/20/2017 — Chapel Hill, NC, News & Observer: Restorative practices cutting suspensions at Chapel Hill school
12/21/2016 — Michigan Live: How one Michigan school district is reducing suspensions, expulsions
12/05/2016 — Chico, CA, Enterprise Record: IIRP Alumna helms Chico Youth Court
11/30/2016 — Bethlehem Press: Engaging in circles
10/26/2016 — WFMZ TV: Author and social justice advocate Monique Morris speaks at IIRP 21st World Conference on how girls of color are pushed out of school
10/14/2016 — Education Week: Rethinking Student Discipline and Zero Tolerance
8/1/2016 — American School Board Journal: School districts are turning to restorative practices to stem high rates of suspension and expulsion
6/3/16 — WFMZ TV : IIRP and BFDI embark on unprecedented initiative to improve lives of children and families in Detroit.
5/15/16 — The Tennessean: Rodger Dinwiddie: Nashville implementing restorative strategies to prevent, address youth violence, with STARS and IIRP
4/7/16 — Bucks County Herald: Craig Adamson, PhD., appointed Provost of International Institute for Restorative Practices
4/4/16 — South Pittsburgh Reporter: Pittsburgh Elementary School Enjoying Implementing Restorative Practices
4/2/16 — Education Votes - from the NEA: IIRP Graduate School Alumnus Jeff Farr Keeps Students out of the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Restorative Practices
2/8/16 — Education Week: How to Practice Restorative Justice in Schools
2/3/16 — Education Week: United Nations Panel Recommends Changes to U.S. School Discipline, Including Restorative Practices
12/18/15 — American Educator (Publication of the American Federation of Teachers): Entire winter 2015-2016 issue highlights positive school discipline, including restorative practices
12/14/15 — Bethlehem Press: IIRP hosts 19th World Conference in Bethlehem, PA, with 200 restorative practitioners and researchers from around the world.
12/14/15 — Bethlehem Press: Interview with new IIRP President, John Bailie, Ph.D., on ending zero-tolerance policies in schools; restorative practices research
12/8/15 — Bethlehem Press: IIRP installs new President: John Bailie, Ph.D.
11/9/15 — Community Matters blog: How school punishment is being replaced by restorative approaches
11/5/15 — Bucks County Herald (Pennsylvania): John Bailie, Ph.D., inaugurated as new IIRP president
10/31/15 — Morning Call (Allentown, PA): Newsmaker Q&A with John Bailie, Ph.D., new IIRP President
10/30/15 — Here & Now - NPR: IIRP instructor Karen Junker is interviewed about restorative approaches to school discipline
10/21/15 — PR Newswire: John W. Bailie, Ph.D., Inaugurated as new president of the International Institute for Restorative Practices
10/13/15 — Education Week: RAND Corporation announces restorative practices studies in Maine and Pittsburgh schools
10/7/15 — Baltimore Sun: Baltimore's City Springs Elementary Middle School uses restorative practices to prevent conflict and violence and build community.
9/24/15 — WRCB TV Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA: IIRP presents Basic Restorative Practices event in Chattanooga, TN, invited by NAACP to help reduce school-to-prison pipeline and racial discipline disparity in schools.
9/24/15 — Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA: NAACP of Chattanooga, Tennessee, hosts IIRP restorative practices event for education and juvenile justice professionals from across the southern U.S. to learn how to apply the practices with youth.
9/22/15 — Detroit News: Crime in Detroit, Michigan, USA, schools down 29% thanks to restorative practices.
8/31/15 — Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Schools begins school year with restorative practices in half its schools, provided by the IIRP, in a controlled study by RAND corporation.
8/31/15 — CBS Pittsburgh: First day of school in Pittsburgh. The year will include restorative practices.
8/31/15 — MSN.com: Pittsburgh Public Schools implementing restorative practices.
8/24/15 — Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Arkansas middle school implementing restorative practices, trained by the IIRP, to build community and respond to conflict and behavioral issues.
7/22/15 — WFMZ.com Lehigh Valley, PA: IIRP hosts school climate reform symposium with national program leaders, educators from across North America
7/21/15 — Catholic San Francisco: Crime survivors in San Francisco benefit from restorative responses to trauma training with the IIRP
7/21/15 — Lehigh Valley Live - Express Times: Bethlehem (PA) Area School District to engage Buxmont Academy (IIRP model program) to provide restorative practices program for expelled students
7/10/15 — Michigan Live.com: Grand Rapids, MI, schools piloting restorative practices, trained by the International Institute for Restorative Practices; hope to roll out district-wide.
4/30/15 — The Pittsburgh Courier: Pittsburgh school Superintendent Dr. Linda Lane and U.S. Attorney David Hickton detail new restorative practices initiative for Pittsburgh Public Schools
4/22/15 — Pittsburgh Post Gazette: 23 Pittsburgh Schools to use restorative practices to improve communication, responsibility, with US Department of Justice research grant, with training provided by IIRP
4/22/15 — Pittsburgh Tribune: Pittsburgh schools implementing restorative practices in half its schools through US Department of Justice research grant, with training by IIRP.
4/17/15 — Huffington Post: Dr. Jonathan Doll, of Lansing, MI, on why restorative practices should replace school suspensions and expulsions
4/9/15 — Huffington Post: IIRP Graduate School alumna Kameelah Rashad, University of Pennsylvania Interfaith Fellow for Spirituality, Wellness & Social Justice, speaks on challenges for Muslim Americans.
3/4/15 — Oklahoma Gazette: OK City school suspension rates are among highest in the nation; restorative practices would be a better alternative.
2/23/15 — Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Community Groups Endorse Restorative Practices to Reduce School Suspensions
2/23/15 — Wellington, New Zealand, Times: Terry O'Connell of Real Justice Australia (the IIRP's Australia affiliate) introducing restorative practices to the community
2/23/15 — Dayton, OH, Journal- News: Restorative practices reduce suspensions in area schoole through IIRP program
1/29/15 — Seattle Times: Restorative practices are decreasing suspensions and narrowing racial discipline gap in schools coast to coast, including in Seattle
1/27/15 — Willits CA News: Federal grant supports elementary restorative practices school counseling from IIRP in Willits, CA
12/16/14 — The International Juvenile Justice Observatory: Director of the Latin American Institute for Restorative Practices interviewed about restorative justice
11/21/14 — KIDK TV News, Pocatello, Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, schools implementing restorative practices to prevent bullying, build relationships
10/6/14 — Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Schools receives $3 million grant to study impact of restorative practices on school safety and climate; IIRP to provide practices implementation.
10/3/14 — Brookville Recorder (Ontario, Canada): Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario focuses on problem-solving and restorative practices rather than punishment
9/3/14 — Newsworks Philadelphia: No Philadelphia schools on Pennsylvania's "persistently dangerous" list for the first time: "restorative discipline" credited
8/24/14 — Trinidad & Tobago Guardian: IIRP Trainer Hazel Thompson-Ahye Offers Restorative Practices Professional Development in Trinidad
8/22/14 — Philadelphia Tribune: Philadelphia Schools Participate in Restorative Practices
7/3/14 — San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco United School District Cuts Suspensions in Half with Restorative Practices
6/23/14 — WHYY Radio Philadelphia (NPR affiliate): IIRP president and founder Ted Wachtel and Harding Middle School assistant principal Betsaida Ortiz on Voices in the Family with Dan Gottlieb talking about restorative practices in schools
6/18/14 — Educational Leadership: Restorative practices build relationships and effectively address misbehavior at Philadelphia's Harding Middle School
4/28/14 — Leadership Journal - Christianity Today: What churches can learn from restorative practices - An interview with director of IIRP Canada Bruce Schenk
3/15/14 — Mainline Media News: IIRP Alumnus Tom Fertal to be New President of Cardinal O'Hara High School, Springfield, Pennsylvania
3/3/14 — South Coast Today: IIRP alumnus Rev. Paul Langston-Daley, minister of New Bedford, MA, First Unitarian Church, teaches the benefits of restorative practices in schools and criminal justice
2/26/14 — San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco Unified School District unanimously approves resolution to reduce student suspensions for defiant behavior in favor of restorative practices
2/3/14 — Principal Leadership Magazine: Restorative practices at secondary schools across the U.S., through the eyes of principals who are implementing the practices
1/31/14 — Officer.com: Restorative justice and restorative practices explained for police officers, citing the IIRP and SaferSanerSchools
1/22/14 — Columbia, Missouri, Daily Tribune: Columbia Public Schools consider adopting restorative practices; hear presentation from IIRP instructor & consultant Steve Korr
1/16/14 — Expert Beacon: IIRP Assistant Professor & Director of Continuing Education John Bailie provides advice for teachers on preventing student misbehavior through restorative practices
1/15/14 — Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Curriculum Project admins on classroom management, restorative practices and the IIRP
1/14/14 — TakePart.com: In piece on new federal discipline guidelines, City Springs School (Baltimore) principal Rhonda Richetta on how restorative practices reduces student misbehavior
1/1/14 — San Francisco Chronicle: IIRP president Ted Wachtel on why restorative practices are an effective alternative to suspension for San Francisco schools
1/1/14 — The Bethlehem Press: Bethlehem, PA, USA: Administrators speak about restorative practices in their schools at the IIRP World Conference in October 2013
12/26/13 — San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco School Board commissioner Matthew Haney and Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth executive director Neva Walker promote Safe and Supportive Schools resolution, including restorative practices
12/13/13 — Christian Science Monitor: IIRP president Ted Wachtel interviewed on ineffectiveness of school zero-tolerance policies
8/28/13 — kawartha.com: Trillium Lakelands District School Board in central Ontario reports significant reductions in suspensions and expulsions over the past five years after implementing restorative practices district-wide.
7/25/13 — Kings County DA's Office and City University of NY Journal: Race, Law, and Justice: Strategies for Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline: IIRP Assistant Professor John Bailie: The Use of Restorative Practices as a Strategy for Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline
7/18/13 — Religion News Service: Strengthening Faith Communities Through Restorative Practices IIRP Event
7/11/13 — TakePart.Com: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on High School Exit Exams and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
7/8/13 — WFMZ TV 69 News - Allentown, PA: IIRP Basic Restorative Practices Event Teaches How to Build Relationships and Community to Participants From Across the World
6/16/13 — Philadelphia Tribune: IIRP to Implement Restorative Practices in Philadelphia Schools, Supported by Grant from Philadelphia Foundation
6/11/13 — Philadelphia Generocity: IIRP Receives Grant to Implement Restorative Practices in Philadelphia Schools
5/27/13 — Philadelphia Inquirer: IIRP president and founder Ted Wachtel on how restorative practices build relationships and decrease discipline problems in schools
5/20/13 — Voice of America TV: Restorative practices in schools, at City Springs Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4/17/13 — Chronicle Journal (Ontario, Canada): Director of IIRP Canada Bruce Schenk gives parenting workshop at Superior Collegiate & Vocational Institute for 100+ parents
4/10/13 — Kenora (Ontario, Canada) Online: Suspension improvement continues at Keewatin-Patricia District School Board due to restorative practices, introduced by IIRP Canada
4/5/13 — Christianity Today: Detroit Students Restore Peace by Talking It Out — Restorative Practices in Schools and Community
4/3/13 — Huffington Post: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on "Restorative Justice Practices in Every Classroom"
2/26/13 — WLVT PBS 39 Lehigh Valley Tempo InDepth: Show on Bullying Includes Restorative Practices at Bethlehem, PA, USA's Liberty High School
2/20/13 — Michigan Nightlight: Restorative Practices with Students the Key to Building Community in Detroit
2/13/13 — Harrisburg Patriot News (PA): Susquehanna Township School District Implementing Restorative Practices; IIRP's Steve Korr Presents to Local Faith Community Leaders on the Topic
2/1/13 — The Prevention Researcher: Broadening Our Perspectives with Restorative Practices: An Interview with Ted Wachtel
1/29/13 — Huffington Post: Restorative Justice Is Not Forgiveness by IIRP President and Founder Ted Wachtel
1/3/13 — Baltimore Sun: Restorative Circles in an Alternative HIgh School
1/2/13 — York Dispatch (PA): York's Crispus Attucks YouthBuild Charter School to Implement Restorative Practices
11/29/12 — The Journal of Transformative Education: IIRP assistant professors John Bailie and Craig Adamson publish Education Versus Learning: Restorative Practices in Higher Education
11/5/12 — The Northern Sun (Northwestern Ontario): Keewatin Patricia District School Board Changes the Way They Do Discipline
10/23/12 — Model D Magazine: Schools Implementing Restorative Practices in Detroit
10/22/12 — Salt Lake City Tribune: IIRP President Ted Wachtel to Speak at Utah Valley University Symposium on the Death Penalty
10/17/12 — Education Week: Restorative Practices Offer Alternatives to Suspension
10/16/12 — Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) "The National" (national news broadcast): Restorative Practices Build Community, Reduce Bullying at a Toronto Middle School Trained by IIRP Canada
9/28/12 — Christian Science Monitor: IIRP President Ted Wachtel: A Shift Away from Zero Tolerance Will Improve School Discipline
9/12/12 — Morning Call (Allentown, PA): Discipline Infractions Drop at Bethlehem, PA, High Schools Due to Restorative Practices
9/11/12 — Delaware County Daily Times: Haverford, PA, School District Implements Restorative Practices
8/16/12 — Tennessee Tribune: Metro Human Relations Commission Partners with the IIRP (PDF)
8/5/12 — Easton Express Times: IIRP World Conference Features Plenary Speech by Steve Korr on Restorative Practices in Schools
7/20/12 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Students Call for Restorative Practices in Schools
7/5/12 — Huffington Post: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on How Restorative Practices Can Prevent and Address Bullying in the School Community
7/3/12 — San Carlos Patch: Young Mother Tries Restorative Practices with Kids After Reading IIRP President Ted Wachtel's Article in San Francisco Newspaper
6/11/12 — Huffington Post: IIRP President Ted Wachtel: There Are Proven Tools to Make Schools Safe, We Just Have to Use Them
6/5/12 — Education Week: Letter to Editor from IIRP President Ted Wachtel: Social Bonding Is Key to Limiting Bullying (PDF)
6/4/12 — Recruitment and Retention Newsletter: Protecting RAs and Their Residents From Burnout (PDF)
5/27/12 — Harrisburg Patriot News: Susquehanna Township School District Implementing SaferSanerSchools Whole-School Change Program of Restorative Practices
5/22/12 — Time Magazine: Restorative Practices at City Springs School in Baltimore
5/18/12 — Perkasie News Herald: IIRP Instructor Lee Rush Takes Part in Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Anti-Bullying Campaign
5/16/12 — National Association for Student Leadership: University of Vermont Employing Restorative Practices to Improve Experiences for Students and Residence Life Administrators
5/8/12 — Connecticut Post: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on Why Restorative Practices are an Effective Alternative to School Suspensions and Expulsions
5/1/12 — Teaching Today (Wisconsin): Restorative Practices in Wisconsin Schools
4/24/12 — Toronto Star: Front Page Article on the Success of Restorative Practices in Toronto Schools
4/9/12 — San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco United School District Superintendent Carlos A. Garcia on Restorative Practices in District Schools
3/30/12 — "Playing for Keeps" Internet Radio Show: Ted Wachtel Interviewed on Restorative Practices in Schools
3/26/12 — San Francisco Chronicle: Rosa Parks Elementary School, Other City Schools, See Great Results with Restorative Practices
3/20/12 — How to Learn.Com: Pat Wyman: How To Build An Anti-Bullying School Climate With Restorative Practices
3/18/12 — San Francisco Examiner: IIRP President Ted Wachtel: S.F. School Suspension, Expulsion Rates are Appalling
3/14/12 — Education Week: Restorative Practices Recommended as Alternative to Suspensions, Expulsions, Which New Study Shows Are Dispensed with Racial Bias
3/13/12 — Huffington Post: Restorative Practices Urged for Schools in Bronx, NY, as Alternative to Racially Inequitable Exclusionary Punishments
3/7/12 — San Francisco Examiner: School Suspensions Down Due to Restorative Practices
3/2/12 — College Planning & Management: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on Building Community in Residence Halls with Restorative Practices
3/2/12 — Bucks County Intelligencer: IIRP Instructor Lee Rush a Panelist at Harvard University Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty
3/2/12 — Newswise: IIRP Director of Continuing Education John Bailie Gives Keynote Address on Restorative Responses to Bullying
2/22/12 — San Francisco Examiner: Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District Carlos A. Garcia Writes About Bullying and Restorative Practices
2/3/12 — Express Times: Philadelphia students, educators visit Liberty and Freedom high schools to learn about restorative practices
2/2/12 — Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, etc.: Syndicated Columnist Robert Koehler sees restorative practices in action at City Springs Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore
2/1/12 — Urbanite Magazine: Restorative practices in Baltimore schools
1/31/12 — College Bound Newsletter: IIRP Graduate School mentioned in the Curriculum Capsules section of College Bound Newsletter (PDF)
1/27/12 — CBS News, Baltimore: City Springs Elementary/Middle School cuts suspensions with restorative practices, can be model for Maryland
1/26/12 — Vital Speeches of the Day: Address by Ted Wachtel, "Restorative Practices: Creating a Unified Strategy to Democratizing Social Care, Education and Criminal Justice" (PDF)
1/24/12 — Branford Patch (CT): Branford, Connecticut, Plans to Implement District-wide Restorative Practice Program to Promote Bullying Prevention
12/15/11 — The Prevention Researcher: Article,"Restorative Practices: Giving Everyone a Voice to Create Safer, Saner School Communities," by Laura Mirsky
12/2/11 — WISN Radio, Milwaukee, WI: IIRP President Ted Wachtel on Why Restorative Practices Works Better than Punishment and Zero Tolerance Policies (MP3)
12/1/11 — Education News: IIRP President Ted Wachtel: Now That Zero Tolerance Is Fading in Schools, What's Next?
11/2/11 — Bucks County Herald: Article and Photos on the IIRP Graduate School Accreditation Celebration (PDF)
10/13/11 — Allentown - Morning Call: Opinion Piece on Restorative Practices in Schools by IIRP President Ted Wachtel
10/13/11 — Huffington Post: Article by Syndicated Journalist Robert Koehler Discusses Restorative Practices, Quotes IIRP
10/3/11 — Issues Today Radio: IIRP President Ted Wachtel Interview on Restorative Practices in Schools Runs on Stations Nationwide
8/30/11 — Henrietta (NY) Post: IIRP's Steve Korr to Keynote at Western New York Restorative Justice Conference
8/30/11 — Express Times: Bethlehem Area School District Kicks Off School with Culture Change
8/29/11 — Education Week: Study Finds Metal Detectors More Common in High-Minority Schools
8/29/11 — Educational Leadership: Building Safer, Saner Schools
8/20/11 — San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco Schools Work with Kids to Cut Suspensions, Expulsions
7/28/11 — Philadelphia Inquirer: Cameras Won't Make Schools Safe
7/25/11 — Austin - American-Statesman: Wachtel: How to improve school discipline
7/5/11 — Lansdale - Reporter: International Institute for Restorative Practices receives certification (Video)
7/5/11 — Easton - Express Times: International Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate School earns accreditation
7/4/11 — educationviews.org: Newly Accredited Graduate School Began in 1977 With a Vision of Hope for Troubled Youth
7/3/11 — Harrisburg - Patriot News: It's Possible to Establish Safe Schools
6/29/11 — Dal News - Dalhousie University: An Inclusive Process to "Resolving Criminal Harm"
6/24/11 — U.S. — Hundreds of News Outlets Nationwide Via PR Newswire, e.g., Education News Today: International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Graduate School Granted Accreditation
6/20/11 — lehighvalleylive.com: Bethlehem Area School District finds in-kind donation, grant for school climate change
6/14/11 — Baltimore Sun.com: Reviving tough love in tough schools
6/14/11 — canadaviews.ca: International Conference on Restorative Justice in Halifax
6/6/11 — FoxNews.com: There Are Proven Tools to Make Schools Safer — We Just Have to Use Them
6/1/11 — Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly students: Fund programs that have helped
5/12/11 — Philadelphia Inquirer: Overbrook High School senior addresses school board meeting, calling for restorative practices
4/25/11 — KYW CBS Newsradio, Philadelphia: Dr. Marcienne Mattlemen's story of how IIRP's restorative practices is allowing schools to find solutions to problems like bullying and violence
4/20/11 — Ontario, Canada - www.mykawartha.com: Impact of Restorative Practices Already Being Felt
4/6/11 — WHYY Philadelphia Radio Times: Marty Moss-Coane interviews IIRP director of continuing education John Bailie about restorative practices in Philadelphia schools
4/1/11 — Philadelphia Inquirer: Restorative practices in district schools, quotes IIRP director of continuing education John Bailie
4/1/11 — Education Week: Column promotes IIRP and restorative practices
3/15/11 — Express Times: Bethlehem, PA, Area School Board Approves Plan Based on Restorative Practices, IIRP to Provide Training
3/14/11 — WFMZ TV 69 News: Bethlehem, PA, School Board moving forward with restorative practices. Interviews IIRP director of continuing education John Bailie
3/6/11 — Express Times: Restorative practices gaining a foothold in the Bethlehem, PA, Area School District
2/14/11 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Restorative Practices a Success at West Philadelphia High School
1/31/11 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Teacher Action Group Calls for Restorative Practices
1/31/11 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Analysis of Report Calling for Restorative Practices
1/20/11 — San Francisco - Beyond Chron: Restorative Practices and IIRP Coming to San Francisco
1/13/11 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Report Calls for Restorative Practices as Effective Alternative to Zero Tolerance
11/7/10 — Wisconsin Daily Citizen: School Districts Learn Restorative Practices
10/31/10 — Pottstown Mercury: Restorative Practices Reduces Bullying in Pottstown Schools
10/29/10 — Wilkes Barre Times Leader: Pennsylvania Schools Have Success with Restorative Practices
10/10/10 — Providence Journal: Restorative Practices in CSF Schools for At-Risk Youth
10/10/10 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Restorative Practices Needed to Prevent School Push-Out for Minority Boys
10/9/10 — Hull (UK) Daily Mail: IIRP Holds International Conference in "World's First Restorative City"
10/5/10 — Hull (UK) Daily Mail: City in Spotlight for Tackling Children's Unruly Behaviour
8/15/10 — Providence Journal: Restorative Practices and the IIRP
5/5/10 — Windy Hill: Restorative Practices Prevents Violence at Methacton High School
11/25/09 — Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Restorative Practices Reduces Violence at West Philadelphia High School
11/11/09 — Pottstown Mercury: Pottstown High School Principal Speaks on Restorative Practices
11/11/09 — Pocono Record: IIRP Hosts International Conference
4/23/09 — Fox Philadelphia TV News: Stats Show Drop in City School Violence Due to Restorative Practices
11/18/08 — WBAL TV Baltimore, MD: Reporter Tim Tooten Reports on IIRP One-Day Conference for Educators
11/12/08 — Scholastic Administrator Magazine: Restorative Practices in Use in Schools (PDF)
10/17/07 — Pocono Record: Ted Wachtel Installed as President of IIRP Graduate School (PDF)
5/1/07 — Jamaica Gleaner: Restorative Justice for Local Schools (PDF)

Press Contact

   Laura Mirsky
   Advancement & Relations Manager
   267-718-7374
   lauramirsky@iirp.edu

"We can't expel ourselves to safer schools. We need to build positive relationships to get ourselves there."

Joe Roy, Ed.D., Superintendent, Bethlehem Area School District