Deanna Webb | 2010-01-07 |

This article by Deanna L. Webb, an eighth-grade special education teacher at a middle school in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA, and a June 2009 IIRP Master of Restorative Practices and Education recipient, talks about how her creative, day-to-day implementation of restorative practices have helped make her classroom a thriving community where staff and students help each other to learn and grow.

Laura Mirsky | 2009-06-22 |

The climate of this urban high school, which was on Pennsylvania's "Persistently Dangerous Schools" list, has undergone enormous changes, due to strong leadership and restorative practices, as reported in this article by Laura Mirsky.

June 20, 2009 marked the second commencement of the IIRP Graduate School, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. This article by Laura Mirsky shares stories about some of the 14 master's degree recipients and reports on the commencement address, which was delivered by restorative justice pioneer Terry O'Connell, director of IIRP affiliate Real Justice Australia.

Marie-Isabelle Pautz, an IIRP One-Year FastTrack Master’s Degree candidate in Restorative Practices and Youth Counseling, is seeing wonderful results implementing restorative practices in a preschool. This article includes excerpts from a paper written for her YC/ED 510, Professional Learning Group (PLG) Seminar: Restorative Project.

Intellectually stimulating and soul-nourishing, the IIRP's October 2009 conference was a celebration of restorative practices created by everyone who attended, whether or not they presented a session. This article by Laura Mirsky includes coverage of the plenary sessions and a random selection of breakout sessions.

The Children’s Aid Society of New York is successfully employing restorative practices in its work with youth in several of the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. This article by Abbey J. Porter and Laura Mirsky includes comments from Ana Bermudez, director of The Children’s Aid Society’s juvenile justice programs, as well as stories about how the practices are being implemented.

In this 36-page PDF document, IIRP Director of Research Sharon Lewis presents disciplinary and other data from U.S., Canadian and British schools that have implemented restorative practices. From the preface: "Taken together and 'in their own words,' it is clear that restorative practices is having a positive effect on the lives of many students and is changing the climate of many schools."