When a crime occurs, it sets in motion potential tragic consequences that are often unseen by the American justice system. However, this "benign neglect" may lead to traumatic consequences for the ...

Wounds remain. This was a chief conclusion of an independent working group on the clerical sex abuse crisis in the U.S. Catholic Church that proposed the following measures last month: —Develop a ...

Educators are faced with situations requiring disciplinary measures daily. No one method of discipline can serve as a blanket cure for all scenarios. In balance with modern discipline practices, ...

Sixth graders at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown, Maryland, in a “community circle” focused on motivation and homework. These efforts are part of the district’s approach to proactively building ...

With school underway again, now is the time to set the tone for the academic year, while the energy is palpable and the students are primed to absorb the culture of their classrooms. When the newness ...

“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being ...

In a recent community circle with my students, I discovered that the majority of them worked 40-plus hours per week over the break, and at least part time during school, to earn money for school ...

Over four decades of parenting, I’ve seen the way attitudes and practices shift – often in response to perceived problems or overcorrections. Once, there was a belief in letting kids do their own ...

Two men plead guilty in the 2012 death of Corey Stingley, entering a restorative justice-led deferred prosecution agreement.

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