Restorative Practices

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Schools resolve conflicts by getting kids to talk things outSchools across the country are moving away from an era of zero-tolerance policies and shifting toward methods that involve restorative justice, encouraging students to resolve their differences by talking to each other rather than resorting to violence. In New York City, five schools that have implemented this system are already seeing results. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports.

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Restorative Justice brings community to high schoolOn a Tuesday morning at YES Prep Northbrook High School, a small group of staff and students gathered around for a circle. Each person passed around a talking piece, a stone, and said how they felt that morning on a scale of 1-10 and why. This is all a part of a program implemented at the school called Restorative Justice, which is an approach to create and build relationships to improve student engagement. Restorative Justice is a practice adopted from the larger Restorative Justice Collaborative of Houston, which, according to http://restorativehouston.wixsite.

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