What is Restorative Justice?

What is Restorative Justice?

Over time, restorative justice evolved from a focus on responding to harm and conflict to a focus on building a healthy school culture. A restorative school culture recognizes that people, and their relationships with each other, form the cornerstone of both safety and learning. Advocates for this approach argue that by practicing restorative justice, educators can reduce the domino effect between suspension and incarceration (interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline), and foster a more inclusive school climate …

The Intersects of Chemistry and Physics

The Intersects of Chemistry and Physics

Physics and chemistry are highly interconnected fields, and their relationship is based on fundamental understandings in the behavior of matter and energy. Many physics principles, such as Newton’s laws of motion and the laws of thermodynamics, are crucial for studying chemical reactions and changes in state. Outside of Newtonian physics, principles of quantum mechanics such as wave-particle duality and the Schrödinger equation are foundational for understanding chemical bonding and spectroscopy. Digging into each of these sub-topics further, we can better understand the value in the interconnectedness of these sciences …

School-to-Prison Pipeline

School-to-Prison Pipeline

The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is a metaphor that describes the growing trajectory for students from their schools into the juvenile or adult criminal justice system. Research exploring the relationship between perceived negative school experiences and subsequent justice system involvement finds significant associations that reveal the student populations most at risk for falling into this pipeline, with the majority demographic being our Black youth …

Reforming School Discipline for a Better Learning Environment

Reforming School Discipline for a Better Learning Environment

How a school disciplines their students is just as crucial a part of the curriculum as the subjects being taught in the classroom. Let’s delve into the intricate landscape of school discipline, exploring various approaches and their implications. This report seeks to approach school discipline from diverse angles, shedding light on the current state of affairs, policy developments, and their impact on students. By synthesizing our findings, we aim to better understand the most effective strategies to enhance learning environments and reduce student misbehaviors …

Benefits of After-school for Low-income Students

Benefits of After-school for Low-income Students

  This report began with an objective to gain a comprehensive understanding of the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional effects of after-school programs for K-12 students of low socioeconomic status. The research gathered four main themes as reoccurring consensus concluded that student participation in after-school programs is largely associated with better behavior in school, better grades, better emotional adjustment, and better peer relations than students that don’t participate in after-school programs …

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