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Can Restorative Practices Improve School Climate and Curb Suspensions? An Evaluation of the Impact of Restorative Practices in a Mid-Sized Urban School District

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ID23396192
AuthorsCatherine H Augustine, Catherine Augustine, John Engberg (0000-0003-4212-3538), Geoffrey Grimm, E Lee (0000-0002-5823-2547), Elaine Wang (0000-0003-1326-1421), Karen Christianson, Andrea Joseph (0000-0002-7530-838X)
Year2018
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
PublisherRAND Corporation (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7249/rr2840
OpenAlexW2982479912
LanguageEN
Citations received66

Restorative practices have gained buy-in among school districts, their stakeholders, and policymakers as a strategy to improve classroom and school climates and reduce suspension rates. This study of the implementation of restorative practices in Pittsburgh Public Schools represents one of the first randomized controlled trials of the effects of restorative practices on classroom and school climates and suspension rates.

Best practice · Environmental planning · Geography · Pedagogy · Political science · Restorative justice · School climate · School district · Suspension (topology) · Education Discipline and Inequality · Psychology

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