A recent report which details the skyrocketing societal and financial costs of rising crime rates in Colorado, coupled with a dismal 50% recidivism rate, which is one of the worst in the country, have ...

The New York City Department of Education will be spending $1.3 million on "restorative justice action teams" at 100 schools. J.C.Rice The Department of Education is deepening its commitment to the ...

As young adults and college students, we make mistakes ranging from drug use to excessive drinking to harassment. Reducing the frequency of students’ mistakes is the priority of any university — and ...

In contrast to the conventional, punitive model of criminal justice, restorative justice prioritizes healing of victims, accountability of offenders and reconciliation between the two. My personal ...

A Centre County furniture store models restorative justice, offering more than a job to inmates and people on probation.

From left, Ben Johnson, Erin Goudreau, Claire Peterson, Madison Fernandez, Kris Samuel, Ashley Tetu and Catherine Gunderson at the Center for Restorative Youth Justice in Kalispell on Wednesday, April ...

Personalized learning is a philosophy that seeks to provide educational experiences for students tailored to their unique characteristics. This usually manifests on the academic side with students ...

In these days of increasing racial injustice and fear of “the other,” we are losing sight of what we might call civilized society. We’re witnessing the blatant denial of civil rights for black and ...

I applaud the Globe for highlighting the Transformational Prison Project’s exemplary work (“On the road to redemption, and a new reality,” Page A1, Aug. 7). It might be helpful for those not familiar ...

The paper hanging inside a second-floor classroom at Garfield High School spoke more pointedly than a raft of research articles about student frustration with traditional approaches to school ...

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