Drawing on data from a year-long multi-case ethnography of three secondary urban public
schools implementing restorative practices, the current piece examines how principals …

Increasingly, district leaders are turning to a community-based alternative to suspension
called restorative practices (RP's). While they correlate with lower suspension rates, Black …

Dropout is a global crisis and an affliction in the United States. This study analyzes
graduation rates based on prior academic achievement, attendance, and behavior at an …

Restorative justice, a nonpunitive alternative to traditional school discipline, emphasizes
building and repairing relationships rather than punishing misbehavior. In addition to …

The purpose of this study was to analyze high school graduation rates from prior academic
achievement, attendance, and behavior in one school system over 4 years. The study …

Abstract This Urban Texas School District Restorative Discipline Practice (RDP) initiative
was founded and funded on the description that RDP is designed to proactively build …

In the 1980s and 1990s, media and crime legislation focused on portraying minority youth as
dangerous criminals. The portrayal of minority youth as criminals and school shootings …