Syndicated Columnist Robert Koehler Sees Restorative Practices in Action at City Springs Elementary/Middle School, Baltimore

CBS TV News affiliate report: Baltimore's City Springs Elementary/Middle School cuts suspensions with restorative practices, can be model for Maryland.

IIRP provided professional development in restorative practices to City Springs.

Vital Speeches of the Day publishes address by IIRP president Ted Wachtel
"Restorative Practices: Creating a Unified Strategy to Democratizing Social Care, Education and Criminal Justice"

The IIRP invites you to submit a proposal for a 50-minute breakout session for their upcoming conference to be held August 1-3, 2012, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. The proposal deadline is February 29, 2012.

Ending Violence Through Restorative Justice
Learning about Bias Violence, the School to Prison Pipeline and How Restorative Justice Practices Can Heal Our Schools and Communities
Hosted by the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools, Philadelphia

MLK Day, Monday, January 16th, 1-4 p.m.
Arch St. Methodist Church, 55 N. Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Wachtel talks about how and why restorative practices work better than punishment and zero-tolerance policies to change students' behavior.

Laura Mirsky, assistant director of communications and technology for the IIRP, interviewed educators and students at schools using restorative practices. Click to read the article.

Ted Wachtel addresses the fact that zero tolerance policies in schools are on the wane nationally because they do not prevent misbehavior. He proposes restorative practices as as an effective alternative and discusses success stories. This op ed piece appears in Education News, "A Global Leading News Source covering educational, political, business, and environmental issues since 1997."

Sample the SaferSanerSchools Whole-School Change program in Lancaster.

In this piece, Ted Wachtel talks about how restorative practices are proving to be an effective alternative to traditional discipline policies in schools.