Sentences with phrase «restorative justice efforts»

He teaches family therapy at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; is a founding Board Member of Artsbridge, a leadership training program for Palestinian, Israeli, and American youth, a Board member of American Family Therapy Academy, a founding member of the Boston Institute for Culturally Affirming Practices, and an informal consultant to restorative justice efforts in Massachusetts Prisons.

Due to financial challenges and high administrative turnover, initiatives like Oakland's SEL and restorative justice efforts have been implemented piecemeal, with some schools seeing full adoption and others, none.

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That letter — and other efforts to reduce exclusionary discipline, such as suspensions, in favor of reforms like restorative justice — sparked a backlash from critics who accused the department of government overreach and of prompting chaos and disorder that could most harm students of color.

These efforts include: Restorative Justice (RJ): Approaches that build community and resolve student interpersonal conflict by getting to the root cause of an issue and repairing harm through respectful dialogue.

The goal is to support grassroots efforts and to ensure that there's both consistency and accountability for restorative justice programs in schools.

Efforts to close the resulting «school - to - prison pipeline» have included the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program along with restorative justice.

Principal Luis Montoya said change would take time, but that progress should pick up this year because the district has provided a full - time staff member for the restorative justice program and a teacher has been named to help lead the efforts.

In an effort to address disparities in rates of school discipline, Saint Paul has spent millions of dollars, and countless personnel hours, on «cultural competency» instruction, «white privilege» training, and «restorative justice» programs.

His volunteer efforts extended beyond real estate into the community including working with FACE (Forum of Accountability in a Circle Experience)-- a restorative criminal justice program dedicated to working with young offenders in the Midland / Penetanguishene area.