The best gifts are experiences. Especially those that fundamentally change you, help you evolve.

That predictable, structured place to safely share is critical, especially for students who want to take on society’s bigger challenges, Swearingen said. “It puts us in a spot where we can be vulnerable with each other, and because we can be vulnerable together we can be productive.”

School-based Restorative Practices

Feedback from our trainings helps us strengthen them and gives us valuable insights into the needs of the communities we serve.

In collaboration with the Restorative Justice League of Merced, the “Weaver Peacemaker Event” is an all day event that focuses on educating students to “promote kindness and build a culture of peace on campus.”

Reflection on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, 70 years on.

In this guest column, Smagorinsky dives into the discipline debate roiling Gwinnett County Public Schools.