There’s a familiar, frustrating tension between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much else, there are yawning gaps between the views from ...

Re “A Path Forward: For the good of our kids, let’s fund restorative justice” (July 27): The news article on “restorative justice” as offered by the San Diego Unified School District lacks meaning. As ...

When it was time to return to school in person for her junior year, Kimberly Higareda was resistant. She had gotten used to being at home, multitasking while attending her Zoom classes and having time ...

Nearly half of teachers and administrators say their schools are using restorative justice more now than five years ago, while many say their schools are also relying less on traditional discipline ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

In 2022, the Department of Student Affairs spearheaded the pilot program and received three years of funding for development and implementation. This included updating the division name from Student ...

Sixth graders at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, Maryland, in a “community circle” focused on motivation and homework. These efforts are part of the district’s approach to proactively building ...

There’s a familiar, frustrating tension between practice and policy. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much else, there are yawning gaps between the views from ...

Restorative Justice helps to address the relationship between victims, offenders and the community in a way that repairs the impacts of an incident, holds the offender accountable for their actions ...

As American students enter the 2023-2024 school year, our educational system faces three interlocking crises: severe academic underperformance, rampant student misbehavior and an unprecedented teacher ...