Restorative Justice, Black Geographies, and Voice: Reframing School Discipline as a Fight for Human Rights

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This session explores the interconnection between restorative justice, identity, and the geographies of exclusion as a fight for the humanness of students at risk of school removal. The presentations will discuss restorative circles, classroom reward systems, and how “isolation spaces”, where a student is placed in solitary confinement, are one of the most significant human rights issues facing education. Furthermore, this session will discuss how student voice can counter punitive classroom practices while challenging the narrative of who belongs in schools.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Classroom Management

Papers

• A Systematic Literature Review of Conceptions, Implementation, and Evaluation of Restorative Practices in U.S. K-12 Schools - Laura Fittz Parks, Fort Lewis College

• 21st Century Culturally Responsive Classroom Managaement: a systematic review - Janaya Little, University of Pennsylvania

• Lost learning: prevalence, inequalities and outcomes of internal exclusion in mainstream secondary schools - Neil Humphrey, University of Manchester

• “If I'm a Good Citizen of My Classroom, I Get a Reward for It” - Abigail Stebbins, The Ohio State University

• Centering Student Perspectives in Restorative Practices - Laura Fittz Parks, Fort Lewis College

Session Organizer

• Dorothy E. Hines, University of Kansas

Discussant

• Dorothy E. Hines, University of Kansas