This book is designed to help you navigate the challenges and joys of building and maintaining a healthy restorative ecosystem in your school, while providing concrete tools and real-world stories to guide you through the process. Traditional methods of discipline are commonly found to be ineffective, and this book shows how restorative justice can benefit schools in a huge variety of ways, such as decreasing the need for suspensions, increasing academic outcomes, and improving the health of your whole school community. Written by the founder and the education director of the National Center for Restorative Justice, each and every chapter is packed with expertise on everything from carrying out the stages of a restorative circle to understanding the importance of conflict. The authors pull no punches in showing that this work is not always easy, but their passion for restorative justice shines out of every page, demonstrating just how valuable this approach can be in bringing the absolute best out of your students and school.

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Intro -- A Real-World Guide to Restorative Justice in Schools -- Cover -- Of related interest -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Who We Are -- Part I: Dive Deep -- 1. Relationships: The Foundation of a Restorative Ecosystem -- 2. The Five Pillars of Restorative Justice: Core Guiding Principles -- 3. Conflict: Why It's Normal and an Opportunity for Growth -- 4. Restorative Language: Non-Evaluative and Conflict Styles -- 5. Shame, Empathy, Blame, and Accountability -- 6. Cultural Competency: Bias, Curiosity, Institutional Racism -- 7. Resistant Staff: Ways to Understand and Work Through Push-Back -- Part II: Never Forget Where You Came From -- 8. Roots: Brief History of Restorative Justice -- 9. Equity: Why This Work Is Important -- Part III: Circle Up -- 10. Circles -- Final Thoughts -- Index.