{"id":4501,"date":"2015-11-08T20:08:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T01:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:40:13","slug":"usa-restorative-practices-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=4501","title":{"rendered":"USA: Restorative Practices in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Excerpts from September<\/a> and August<\/a> News Roundups by Restorativeworks.net<\/p>\n

Detroit Public Schools <\/a>says crime reports down 29% due to restorative practices. The article notes: \u201cThis year, restorative practices training will cover two new areas: trauma and grief counseling to help students dealing with death and other hardships, and \u2018conferencing training\u2019 to assist students\u2019 transition back into school after a suspension or expulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNAACP (Chattanooga)<\/a> seeks alternative discipline methods for schools.\u201d This TV news video includes footage from a recent professional development event and a brief interview with IIRP Instructor Steve Korr. . . <\/p>\n

During a discussion circle in a Chicago school,<\/a> students learn empathy when they discover they each have had first-hand exposure to gun violence and one classmate had a gun pointed at her head.<\/p>\n

The International Bullying Prevention Association will hold its annual conference<\/a> Reaching New Heights in Bullying Prevention through Empathy and Kindness in Denver, CO, November 8-10 and will feature a pre-conference workshop on restorative practices with IIRP Lecturer Elizabeth Smull.<\/p>\n

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Restorative justice, What does it look like in practice?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The American Federation of Teachers<\/a> \u2014 one of the nation\u2019s largest unions \u2014 takes on the issue of racial justice using restorative practices. . . <\/p>\n

A new report by The Advancement Project, the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York and the Public Policy and Education Fund reveals that \u201cBuffalo, NY, Schools\u2019 new code of conduct <\/a>results in more days in school, fewer suspensions.\u201d . . <\/p>\n

Restorative practices are being used in more and more schools throughout the U.S. Here are a few examples that came to our attention this month:
\nSan Diego, CA<\/a> (cuts suspensions by 60%)
\nHamilton, OH<\/a>
\nWaco, TX<\/a>
\nRochester, NY<\/a>
\nBeloit, WI <\/a>(PBIS program to incorporate restorative practices)
\nSanta Ana, CA<\/a>
\nJefferson Parish, LA <\/a>(prompted by employees and complaints by the Southern Poverty Law Center)
\nSpringdale, AK<\/a>
\nThe State of Illinois<\/a> (Governor signs sweeping school discipline bill championed by students)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION . . Excerpts from September and August News Roundups by Restorativeworks.net Detroit Public Schools says crime reports down 29% due to restorative practices. The article notes: \u201cThis year, restorative practices training will cover two new areas: trauma and grief counseling to help students dealing with death and other hardships, and \u2018conferencing … Continue reading USA: Restorative Practices in Schools<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,91],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-4501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democracy","category-north-america","tag-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}