Restorative Practice Meets Social Justice

Anthony H. Normore, California State University Dominguez Hills.Antonia Issa Lahera, California State University Dominguez Hills.

• Series Editor's Preface.Foreword; John Bailie.Introduction.Chapter 1. Social Justice and Restorative Processes in Urban Schools: Historical Context; Anthony H. Normore.Chapter 2. Growing Social Justice Leadership Through System Hacks: The Formula for Operationalizing Change; Antonia Issa Lahera and Pamela Robinson.Chapter 3. The At Promise Model Minority Student: Providing Equity, Restorative Practices, and Access to Mental Health Supports; H. Orletta Nguyen and Anthony Normore.Chapter 4. Mindful Schools: How Does a Restorative Academic Space Create a Responsive Program Culture for 16-24 Year Olds? Roberto Rodriguez-Saavedra, Kimberly B. Hughes, and Sara A. M. Silva.Chapter 5. Using Communicative Intelligence to Situate Language in the Context of Restorative Practices to Create New Associations; Kendall Zoller.Chapter 6. Restorative Practices and English Language Learners: Language Development in Relational Contexts; Maggie Terry.Chapter 7. Connection to Community to Content; Abdul Issa.Chapter 8. Using Restorative Principles to Redesign a Middle School for the Common Good; Karen Junker and Harriet MacLean.Chapter 9. Cultivating Restorative Communities: A K-12 Systems Approach to Restorative Practices; Jeffrey Garrett and Tanya Franklin.Chapter 10. Creating a Restorative Community: The View from the Principal's Chair; Jose Luis Navarro and Jeanne Sesky.Chapter 11. Narratives: Leaders' Voices in the Field.Chapter 12. Critical Hope and Equity: The Conditions of Restorative Practices in an Urban High School; Chris Carr, Omar Reyes, and Jeanne Sesky.Chapter 13. Using a Response to Intervention Pipeline to Respond to Chronic Underachievers; Ed Castillo and Jeanne Sesky.Chapter 14. Restorative Practices in a Culturally Dislocated Urban High School: The Impact of Community Circles; Trebor R. Jacquez and Jeanne Sesky.Chapter 15. From Boys to Gentlemen: A Program for Restoring Positive Self-Image in Middle School Boys of Color; Amen Rahh and Jeanne Sesky.About the Contributors.