What is restorative justice?
Students of color are twice as likely to be suspended as white kids. So schools are turning to an alternative called restorative justice.
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In the United States, three million kids are suspended from school every year.
Yet research shows suspension is often ineffective: it doesn’t make students behave better when they come back to school.
Restorative justice is one alternative to suspension or expulsion. But what exactly does “restorative justice” mean?
Thalia Gonzalez is a Professor of Politics at Occidental College. She joins producer Catherine Winter to discuss her research on restorative justice programs in schools nationwide.