Restorative Justice in Schools: Articles and Resources

Resources
What is restorative practices? IIRP

News Articles

When Restorative Justice in Schools Works, Atlantic, Emily Richmond
Interrupting the School to Prison Pipeline, Huffington Post, Fania Davis (RJforOaklandYouth)
Restorative Justice: What it is, and what it is not, Rethinking Schools

South Central PA
York City Schools offers alternative to suspension, 01/18/2016

Contra
Racial Bean-Counting is Making Schools Unsafe, Betsy McCaughey, New York Post
Reconciliation Programs Worsen Psychological Health, Study Finds, Georgetown University
Highline struggles with fallout of limiting student suspensions, Seattle Times

Visual Literacy: Part 3

A final set (for now) of doodle notes or visual notes from my students. These are 8th grade History students and I would say that overall, they've greatly improved. I've been encouraged and continue to feel like visual literacy is a skill that can be learned.

If you're interested in learning more, check out http://sunnibrown.com/doodlerevolution/
I also found several videos that have been helpful to students:






And this poster is fantastic to help students who don't know how to get started: