Does Anyone have a clue as to what this actually means?? WTF is “Restorative Justice”??
Restorative Justice Training - “In collaboration with the Montclair Education Association (MEA), we now have a Restorative Justice curriculum and a Restorative Justice educator who is leading our districtwide focus in this arena. Four Restorative Justice workshops are slated for the 2018-2019 school year. Each workshop will consist of four days of comprehensive training. From this work, we will have 100 district and community members trained to facilitate Restorative Justice.”
Per Wikipedia: Restorative justice is an approach to justice in which the response to a crime is to organize a mediation between the victim and the offender, and sometimes with representatives of a wider community as well. The goal is to negotiate for a resolution to the satisfaction of all participants. This may include a restitution to be given from the offender to the victim, or to take steps to prevent the offender from causing future harm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice
> Does Anyone have a clue as to what this actually means?? WTF is “Restorative Justice”?? <
I’ll field that one. Our school district introduced “Restorative Justice” last year. (It does not have the same meaning as it does in the criminal justice system.)
Old days: A disruptive student would be removed from the classroom and suspended. Shape up or ship out.
Now: A disruptive student becomes the center of a feel-good process. And trust me, the disruptive student just loves the attention.
Examples:
- A bully picks on a little kid. The bully and the little kid meet under the direction of a trained counselor. The bully gets to justify his behavior while the little kid just sits there bewildered.
- A misbehaving student disrupts a classroom. The student and the teacher meet under the direction of a trained counselor. The student gets to justify his behavior while the teacher just sits there bewildered.
I suppose some folks involved in the process have good intentions. But - bottom line - “Restorative Justice” is just an elaborate way to reduce the number of suspensions. And that’s about all it does.
This is why they can’t afford to teach shop anymore.
Any lefty phrase "something justice" means group punishment, heavy on the blood feud mentality.