In Winn’s article, “Toward a Restorative English Education,” it describes how restorative justice can be applied to the classroom setting, targeting mostly english classes. The restorative justice process is where zero-tolerance policies are replaced with collaboration and dialogue within classrooms, this can result in more productive classrooms. The podcast on restorative justice talks about there is toxicity in online interactions. In addition, the podcast also talks about how it is linked to the concept of restorative justice and how it affects humans on a daily basis. The buechley video mentions that Make Magazine is a place where they show kids how they can create cool objects while also giving them the freedom by allowing them to make such unique representations. Another important topic she mentions has to do with the gender imbalance. She does this by emphasizing how 85% of the makers are men. Lasty, the Ladson-Billings article talks about implementing culturally sustaining pedagogy allows students’ cultures to be explored freely.
When I was in middle school, I remember how serious the zero-tolerance policies were for all the student. These zero tolerance policies showed bullies they were going to get suspended for what they did. Because allowing any form of bullying to be okay, enabled the bully to keep going. By having these zero tolerance policies showed how serious their actions were and how they were not accepted under any circumstance. But after reading about restorative justice, I can now see how there are better alternatives to zero-tolerance policies.
What type of impact would it have on the students if teacher implemented restorative justice?
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