Justice systems exist to respond to rule violations, yet violence does far more than break rules. It disrupts meaning, fractures identity, and weakens the sense of safety that allows individuals and ...

OF MIND, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SMILING. AND IT CAN SET THE TONE FOR YOUR DAY. RIGHT. AND THERE’S A LOT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK. IT’S BEEN EXTREMELY SERIOUS. THE THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN BOTH ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine some of the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is ...

Across the world, justice systems are rethinking what safety really means. Countries from Canada to New Zealand are showing that community-led reintegration produces better outcomes than punishment ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

When the Oakland Unified school district’s restorative justice coordinator, David Yusem, walks into one of the district’s schools, he wants to know how it feels: Does it feel caring? Is there beauty ...

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 ...

Bringing a victim and their offender together to talk may seem unthinkable, but that is the mission of facilitator Anne ...

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 ...

Community residents and members of the Westminster United Methodist Church gathered recently for a discussion about the concept of restorative justice — broadly speaking, mediation between the victim ...

Pasadena’s Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group recently held its first formal discussion on establishing a restorative justice framework for the redevelopment of the 60-acre site. This ...