The January 2005 edition of MetroKids Magazine features an article on SaferSanerSchools, the IIRP program implementing restorative practices in schools. The story, by Ann L. Rappoport, Ph.D., includes interviews with school administrators who are excited about the positive effect restorative practices are having on discipline and school culture. In the article, Dr. Francis Barnes, former school district superintendent, now Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) Secretary of Education, commended restorative practices as "a set of practical responses to student behavior and proactive strategies that strengthen accountability and improve school culture." Read the article here.

This article discusses how the IIRP, via its SaferSanerSchools program, is providing training and consulting to Community Prep High School, a public school in New York City for young people just out of juvenile detention. Community Prep was recently featured in a "New York Times" article (July 25, 2004).

Education World, a widely-read, highly-regarded online journal among educators, has published an interview with IIRP president Ted Wachtel. In the interview, Wachtel describes IIRP's SaferSanerSchools program, which is bringing restorative practices to public schools. He also provides an overview of SaferSanerSchools training programs and an explanation of the theory of restorative practices. Read the interview here.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the leading newspapers in the United States, has published an article about the IIRP's SaferSanerSchools program, which is implementing restorative practices in schools. Inquirer education reporter Susan Snyder visited pilot schools in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the SaferSanerSchools program is in effect, interviewing students, teachers and administrators, all of whom seemed to appreciate how restorative practices had helped to improve their schools' climates, creating a more positive culture and substantially improving student behavior. Read the article and the Letter to the Editor from IIRP President regarding Palisades High School.