Feds Blog Promotes Restorative Justice and Stop Bullying Practices

States and districts are increasingly in support of policies & practices that shift school discipline away from zero tolerance, such as suspension & expulsion, to discipline that is focused on teaching and engagement. To this effort, districts & states are rethinking discipline & adopting both Restorative Justice Practices (RJP) & Bullying Prevention (BP) as school-wide efforts to provide school staff with a set of preventative & responsive strategies to supporting positive student behaviors.   http://blog.ed.gov/2016/03/restorative-justice-practices-and-bullying-prevention/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=