When the Oakland Unified school district’s restorative justice coordinator, David Yusem, walks into one of the district’s schools, he wants to know how it feels: Does it feel caring?

A government bureaucrat boasted about implementing a program based on an "ancient indigenous practice" at the Washington, D.C. attorney general's office to allow some young criminals, who ...

But their parents called the school for help, and one of the Montgomery County Public Schools’ newly appointed instructional specialists in restorative justice got to work. With permission from ...

The school district has allocated funding for restorative justice for the last six years as part of an effort to improve school climate and create a positive, healthy environment for all students ...

At my school, for example, we have an amazing counselor and a part-time restorative justice lead. But I’ve learned recently that my experience isn’t normal. Many schools do not have any training or ...

What he had participated in was restorative justice, a tool that is used to help victims heal through meeting with those who have harmed them. “It’s beyond being accountable for something ...

Arlington County Courthouse (staff photo by Matt Blitz) Arlington County is shifting its restorative justice efforts to local nonprofits. During the County Board meetings held this weekend and ...

Doorways' new Community Services Center in Ballston Tower (staff photo by Dan Egitto) A new restorative justice program is focusing on the needs of people who have suffered domestic and sexual ...

Santiago presides over the county’s Restorative Justice Community Court in Avondale, held in a building at St. Hyacinth, a church and former school on the city’s Northwest Side. In the six ...