Supporting Evidence

Emotions help steer students’ learning, studies find (EdWeek)
Brief intervention to encourage empathic discipline cuts suspension rates in half among adolescents (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Effective classroom management strategies and classroom management programs for educational practice (GION onderwijs/onderzoek)
Social emotional learning in high school: How three urban high schools engage, educate and empower youth (Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education)
Colorado school discipline improves after state passes law emphasizing restorative practices.
University of Minnesota research demonstrates the positive impact of restorative conferencing for students facing expulsion at Minneapolis Public Schools.
San Francisco United School District cuts suspensions in half with restorative practices.
A national report from New Zealand shows that restorative practices are key to student engagement and achievement.
The social structure of criminalized and medicalized school discipline, an academic study of 60,000 schools in over 6,000 districts finds evidence of racial disparity in discipline (Sociology of Education)