Ep15: Education Has So Much To Learn, Part 1: Restorative Justice Transformed

Dave and Bob are both teachers heading back into the classroom this week.  They start a 2-part series on education with a look at Dave’s use of restorative justice and restorative practices in his 4th grade classroom.  They discuss where the ideas of restorative justice come from and why educators would want to use them.  The powers-that-be have attempted to co-opt restorative justice, and so the Crew discuss transformative justice and the need to bring a power-analysis and empowerment into restorative circles.

 

Dave mentions the 2012 documentary The House I Live In.

Good primer on the School-to-prison pipeline

Dave’s use of restorative justice in schools is grounded in Hacking School Discipline 

A great video on putting circles together

For some history of restorative justice and transformative justice, see The Revolution Starts at Home and Beyond Survival

 

Tuned in

 

Bob really enjoyed Booksmart on Hulu

Dave loved Palm Springs also on Hulu

 

Contact info

 

Email - davepeachtree@gmail.com

Twitter - @BMaze19

IG - Thriving_In_Dystopia

 

Huge thanks to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, A Time for Action by Kennedy for our outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art.