restorative justice – School Stories

When a Part-Time School Social Worker Isn’t Enough

March 27, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Anya Schultz

“New York’s made a big deal about mental health reform, but it hasn’t really trickled down into the schools,” said Tarah Montalbano, principal of William E. Grady HIgh School in Brighton Beach.

When School Fills a Gap Family Left Behind

April 30, 2015May 15, 2015 - by Lou Marillier

Social emotional learning is central at Brooklyn’s Lyons Community School, where suspensions are a very last resort. Intense relationships result between school staff and students.

Brownsville Youth Court and the Teens Who Run it

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 - by William Huntsberry

Brownsville is often called the highest crime neighborhood in New York City. But one youth justice program is having a positive effect on the teens that come through it and those that run it.