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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](I asked the original question — and here is my follows up.)

So the article on RJ from Canada merely compares this alternative process relative to criminal adjudication via court. Alas, it really doesn’t “apples-to-apples” apply to a school system yet, I found it interesting.  I would be more interested in reports detailing which situations RJ works best in primary and secondary schools.

My follow up question — if RJ provided no help to a child who acts out/hateful words/physical violence nor the community trying to address the troubled child and the damage around them — how does the school deal with such situations?  Can it be that all of these kids referenced in this thread just moved to a new school?

I know schools are moving away from out of school suspension (rightfully in my opinion) and toward in school suspension — but what other tools are available?

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Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) seems to be the model for RJ.  There are lots of articles about their use of RJ.  There are also mentions of Chicago, Brooklyn, and a few other areas you can google.

The implementation of RJ in the DMV area seems to have largely failed, which is why no one talks about it glowingly over here.  Too much reliance on teachers to implement RJ and not enough dedicated RJ facilitators from what I can gather.

Part of the problem is that effective RJ requires an investment most school districts don't have the budget for.  Even then it's not a cure all.  The offender has to be willing to take responsibility and make meaningful restitution.  Schools still need traditional forms of punishment to deal with offenders who don't take it seriously.[/quote]

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