School-based restorative justice as an alternative to zero-tolerance policies: Lessons from West Oakland (2010)
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A pilot program to change how teachers and administrators respond to student misbehavior at an Oakland middle school led to a dramatic drop in suspensions and expulsions. During a one-year implementation of the alternative “restorative justice” program, suspensions dropped by 87 percent and expulsions dropped to zero.
Organization:
UC Berkeley School of Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
Date:
Nov 2010
State Relevance (if applicable):
California