Kansas City Public Schools Practice 'Restorative Justice' Amid Discipline Probs

A method to the madness . . . 

Or maybe . . . 

THIS DESCRIPTION OF POST-PANDEMIC DISCIPLINE REMINDS US WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP ON KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!

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The district uses three tools to implement its restorative strategy: restorative justice circles, restorative conferences, and mediations.

Restorative circles allow students and staff to come together and discuss student behavior issues and find solutions; restorative conferences try to identify who was harmed and how to make it right; and mediations are based on conflict resolution between two or more parties involved in the issue.

The entire district’s staff is trained in addressing conflicts with questions such as “what happened, who was harmed, and how do we make it right?”

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