Background Readings

Articles

• General
  • Study: Fewer suspensions can lead to better attendance rates and test scores
  • Erica L. Green, Baltimore suspending many more students from school, THE BALTIMORE SUN, November 15, 2016
  • Melinda D. Anderson, When School Feels Like Prison, THE ATLANTIC, September 12, 2016
  • Suspensions and expulsions in D.C. schools decrease, but racial disparities persist, February 2, 2017
  • The Whole Child and Personal Success Factors, Denver Public Schools
• School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • When Law Enforcement Meets School Discipline: School-related Arrests in Maryland 2015-16
  • School Climate and Safety, 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection
  • Alternative School Discipline Strategies: Policy Snapshot, Education Commission of the States
  • Suspension and Expulsion: Policy Snapshot, Education Commission of the States
  • Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline
  • Fix School Discipline: How We can Fix School Discipline Toolkit for Educators
  • Freeing Schools from the School to Prison Pipeline, National Education Association (November 2015)
  • Carla Shedd, How The School-to-Prison Pipeline Is Created, THE ATLANTIC, October 27, 2015
  • Clyde Haberman, The Unintended Consequences of Taking a Hard Line on School Discipline, THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 2, 2016
  • Discipline and the School-To-Prison Pipeline (2016), NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (2016)
  • Sabrina Holcomb, How One Middle School Cut Discipline Referrals By 98 Percent in Just One Year, NEATODAY, February 17, 2016
  • Get out! Black Males Suspensions in California Public Schools
• Restorative PracticesTwice a week, these Texas students circle up and talk about their feelings. It’s lowering suspensions and preventing violence.
  • Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools: An Effective Strategy to Reduce Disproportionate Discipline
  • School-wide Restorative Practices: Step by Step, Denver School-Based Restorative Practices Partnership
  • Susan Dominus, An Effective but Exhaustive Alternative to High-School Suspensions, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (Sept. 7, 2016)
  • Creating Community with Peace Circles, Maryland State Education Association October 17, 2016
  • 500 Words on … Restorative Practices, ACTIONLINE, Magazine of the Maryland State Education Association, Volume 15, Issue 5, June 2015
  • Helping English Language Learners Thrive, ACTIONLINE, Magazine of the Maryland State Education Association, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2016, p. 13-15
  • Joe Heim, When suspensions weren't working, this high school opted for a new approach, THE WASHINGTON POST Aug. 23, 2016
  • Therapists, Role Models, Spies: An Oakland school trains students to help mediate campus conflict
  • Additional C-DRUM Resources on Restorative Practices in Schools
• Trauma
• • "Schools ill equipped to address childhood trauma," The Baltimore Sun, July 5, 2018
• Research
  • The Promise of Restorative Practices to Transform Teacher-Student Relationships and Achieve Equity in School Discipline by Anne Gregory, Kathleen Clawson, Alycia David & Jennifer Gerewitz, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey November 4, 2014
  • Out-of-School Suspension in Maryland Public Schools, 2008-2014, by Matthew Henry
  • School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Comparison in Discipline Policy Between Maryland and Texas Public Schools by Meredith Bouchein
  • Maryland Judiciary Statewide Evaluation of Alternative Dispute Resolution - Impact of Mediation on Criminal Misdemeanor Cases
    • Two-Page Summary
    • Full Report

Data

• School Discipline and Academic Success: Related Parts of Maryland’s Education Reform July 2012
• School Dropouts and Their Impact on the Criminal Justice System December 2012
• Dr. Anne Gregory, Implementing Restorative Justice in Schools: Lessons Learned from Restorative Justice Practitioners in Four Brooklyn Schools
• Dr. Anne Gregory, i3 federal grant wtih Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility (New York City)
• Implementing Restorative Justice in Schools: Lessons Learned from Restorative Justice Practitioners in Four Brooklyn Schools (November 2016)
• Social Emotional Learning through Restorative Practices: Insight from four diverse, urban middle and high schools 
• Outcomes of a Restorative Circles Program in a High School Setting (2016)

National Legislation

• Colorado HB1211
  • Signed Bill
  • Fiscal Note

Videos

• From Hostility to Harmony
• Introducing Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
• Restorative Approaches to School Conflict Management
• Restorative Circles
• Restorative Justice In Schools
• Restorative Justice Introduction
• Restorative Justice It's Elementary!
• Restorative Resources - Restorative Justice in Schools
• Restorative Welcome and Re-entry Circle
• Rita Pierson TED Talk
• Second Chances Robert Murphy Intro
• Second Chances School Profiles
• SFUSD - Restorative Practices; Student Voices
• The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School a story of hope
• Using Dialogue Circles to Support Classroom Management

Resources

• Community Conferencing Center
• Community Mediation Maryland