Georgia Conflict Center's online blog, where we share reflections, interviews, and articles related to restorative justice and restorative practices.
Linnea Ionno, executive director at The Cottage, shares how accepting the inevitability of conflict and building skills help her organization navigate both internal and external conflicts.
Read More →Hannah Edber, director of eduction, at Global Village Project shares how the infusion of restorative practices benefits a school that embraces multiple cultures.
Read More →A recent piece from The New Yorker which highlights Leigh Goodmark, a professor at the University of Maryland who advocates for the decriminalization of domestic violence. Though this sounds like a radical position, the article shows statistics that suggest there is merit in an approach that does not involve mass incarceration.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in schools, according to the Government Accountability Office. The GAO found that in K-12 public schools, Black girls had the highest rates of so-called "exclusionary discipline," such as suspensions and expulsions.
Read full article (LINK OPENS IN A NEW TAB) →Schools that implemented Restorative Practices saw a staggering 35% reduction of student arrests in school, and a 15% reduction in out-of-school arrests (the University of Chicago Education lab).
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