There are now 21 organizations in 11 communities across the province that administer restorative justice to youth and adults.
Ramsey County’s new approach of offering alternatives to youth entering the criminal justice system is reducing repeat offenses and leading to better long-term outcomes, according to a newly released ...
The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. With just two ...
A change has come to my classroom, and I didn’t even know it. While I’ve been busy teaching, California passed Senate Bill 274 expanding the prohibition of suspensions for low-level defiance behaviors ...
The traditional juvenile justice system wasn’t working, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and others declared back in 2019.
The Salinas Union High School District board voted to eliminate 14 positions, including restorative justice facilitators, due ...
The restorative justice process challenges offenders to accept responsibility for their actions through meetings with their ...
Independent conflict and social justice practitioner/researcher. Currently Senior Staff Associate in the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town Sarah Malotane ...
PITTSFIELD, N.H.—When the freshman Hope Parent left her cellphone unattended at Pittsfield Middle High School, last year, her classmate Brandon Bojarsky saw his chance for a little fun. Grabbing the ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...
A teenager's life is on the line — but he is nowhere to be found. People have gathered inside a D.C. government building on a rainy holiday morning to help decide what happens to the young man, but he ...
This story about restorative justice was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger ...