San Francisco lets students own up to misdeeds rather than face expulsion

By Jeremy Adam Smith

How one big-city district cut suspensions and expulsions — and why they may rise again

Oakland leads way as restorative justice techniques enter education mainstream

By Eric K. Arnold

'Restorative justice' techniques are helping young people overcome violent impulses

Excerpts from this story referencing "Restorative practices":

"… d. Yet, as Simmons points out, “not going to school isn’t any safer.”Restorative practices “can be implemented to reduce crime, incarceration and recidivism,” sa …"