Implementing Restorative Justice in Schools: Lessons Learned from Restorative Justice Practitioners in Four Brooklyn Schools

Implementing Restorative Justice in Schools: Lessons Learned from Restorative Justice Practitioners in Four Brooklyn Schools

RJ Coordinators and practitioners from Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project have many insights to share about best practices for introducing restorative justice (RJ) to their communities, building sustained engagement with school discipline reform, and eradicating disparities in exclusionary school discipline.

RJ and Juvenile Justice in Washington D.C.

On July 2, NPR aired two stories highlighting Washington D.C.’s move toward restorative justice within their juvenile justice system. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has created a restorative justice conferencing program within his office–an unusual and somewhat controversial move for an elected prosecutor–which he hopes will serve as a national model.