A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories
This book is designed to help you navigate the challenges and joys of building and maintaining a healthy restorative ecosystem in your school, while providing concrete tools and real-world stories to guide you through the process.

Traditional methods of discipline are commonly found to be ineffective, and this book shows how restorative justice can benefit schools in a huge variety of ways, such as decreasing the need for suspensions, increasing academic outcomes, and improving the health of your whole school community.

Written by the founder and the education director of the National Center for Restorative Justice, each and every chapter is packed with expertise on everything from carrying out the stages of a restorative circle to understanding the importance of conflict. The authors pull no punches in showing that this work is not always easy, but their passion for restorative justice shines out of every page, demonstrating just how valuable this approach can be in bringing the absolute best out of your students and school.

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A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories
This book is designed to help you navigate the challenges and joys of building and maintaining a healthy restorative ecosystem in your school, while providing concrete tools and real-world stories to guide you through the process.

Traditional methods of discipline are commonly found to be ineffective, and this book shows how restorative justice can benefit schools in a huge variety of ways, such as decreasing the need for suspensions, increasing academic outcomes, and improving the health of your whole school community.

Written by the founder and the education director of the National Center for Restorative Justice, each and every chapter is packed with expertise on everything from carrying out the stages of a restorative circle to understanding the importance of conflict. The authors pull no punches in showing that this work is not always easy, but their passion for restorative justice shines out of every page, demonstrating just how valuable this approach can be in bringing the absolute best out of your students and school.

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A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories

A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories

by Nicholas Bradford, David LeSal
A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories

A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools: Practical Philosophy, Useful Tools, and True Stories

by Nicholas Bradford, David LeSal

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Overview

This book is designed to help you navigate the challenges and joys of building and maintaining a healthy restorative ecosystem in your school, while providing concrete tools and real-world stories to guide you through the process.

Traditional methods of discipline are commonly found to be ineffective, and this book shows how restorative justice can benefit schools in a huge variety of ways, such as decreasing the need for suspensions, increasing academic outcomes, and improving the health of your whole school community.

Written by the founder and the education director of the National Center for Restorative Justice, each and every chapter is packed with expertise on everything from carrying out the stages of a restorative circle to understanding the importance of conflict. The authors pull no punches in showing that this work is not always easy, but their passion for restorative justice shines out of every page, demonstrating just how valuable this approach can be in bringing the absolute best out of your students and school.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787755710
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 07/21/2021
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.43(w) x 8.43(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Bradford is the founder of the National Center for Restorative Justice, an experienced educator of challenging youth, and passionate advocate for building relationships between educators and students. David LeSal is the Education Director for the National Center for Restorative Justice, and a certified high school ELA teacher with over 10 years of classroom experience. Together, they now deliver training on restorative justice and practices, circles, equity and a host of other transformative topics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

About the Authors 9

Introduction: Who We Are 13

Part I Dive Deep

1 Relationships: The Foundation of a Restorative Ecosystem 17

2 The Five Pillars of Restorative Justice: Core Guiding Principles 43

3 Conflict: Why It's Normal and an Opportunity for Growth 65

4 Restorative Language: Non-Evaluative and Conflict Styles 83

5 Shame, Empathy, Blame, and Accountability 109

6 Cultural Competency: Bias, Curiosity, Institutional Racism 129

7 Resistant Staff: Ways to Understand and Work Through Push-Back 149

Part II Never Forget Where You Came From

8 Roots: Brief History of Restorative justice 169

9 Equity: Why This Work Is Important 181

Part III Circle Up

10 Circles 195

Final Thoughts 257

Index 259

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