Educators are faced with situations requiring disciplinary measures daily. No one method of discipline can serve as a blanket cure for all scenarios. In balance with modern discipline practices, ...

When a crime occurs, it sets in motion potential tragic consequences that are often unseen by the American justice system. However, this "benign neglect" may lead to traumatic consequences for the ...

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The recent incident in South Carolina, in which a resource officer grabbed and flung a student out of her chair after she refused to handover her cellphone, sent shock waves throughout the country and ...

Since 2011 when the Obama administration heightened requirements for college campuses' handling of sexual misconduct under Title IX (the federal statute that prohibits discrimination based on gender ...

The two boys were play-fighting, until suddenly they weren't. The slap rang out at Northwoods Middle School. Students at Northwoods are bound by the same rules and consequences as anyone else in the ...

NEW HAVEN >> Noting that disciplinary action can often be counterproductive to youth development, the New Haven Public Schools are welcoming restorative practices. “Both research and our own ...

When two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they had been waiting for a business meeting on April 12, the incident called renewed attention to the bias that racial minorities ...

The University of San Diego has started a master's program for restorative justice, joining just three other programs across the country, it was announced Tuesday. USD's School of Leadership and ...

Gwinnett County is currently in an uproar over “restorative justice” approaches to student discipline. Restorative justice, as advocated by one set of Get Schooled contributors, advocates for empathic ...