A core principle of restorative practices is that they are most effective when used before any conflict has occurred.

Flagstaff Unified School District’s (FUSD) board members received an update on the restorative practices program, which is in its first year of implementation with an initial cohort of nine schools.

More and more schools are using restorative practices instead of punitive policies to deal with conflicts. This multipart series will share practical suggestions from educators who have actually been ...

Even ‘Education Week’ is critiquing progressive discipline methods, highlighting increasing classroom disruptions and ...

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BELLOWS FALLS — With the world buzzing outside their meeting room window, a group of Bellows Falls Middle School students were laser-focused on the adults in the room. Staff Keri Newton, the ...

Switching to restorative practices to respond to student misconduct in Chicago schools has led to a significant reduction in suspensions and arrests, as well as improvements in how students perceive ...

The issue of chronic absence (November 26, 2025) and ‘student aggression’ in Connecticut schools (October 28, 2025) are real and the need to solve these pressing, problems is urgent, and they are tied ...

Ed Talk is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s. May 17 marks the 67th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the landmark Supreme Court case that ...

Teachers say focusing on students’ social and emotional wellbeing to address discipline has left classrooms harder to manage than ever ...