How can you help create an inclusive environment for

high-achieving students of Color to thrive?

A Restorative Approach for Equitable Education

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March 2022
Jennifer L. DePaoli, Laura E. Hernández, Roberta C. Furger, and Linda Darling-Hammond

The compounding effects of systemic racism and the coronavirus pandemic have posed significant challenges to students, practitioners, and schools, particularly for Black and Latinx students who have borne the brunt of structural inequities. But these events have also created an opportunity for educational leaders to rethink school structures to better address the needs and nurture the assets of young people in the short and long term. This brief describes how schools can ameliorate—rather than exacerbate— racial inequities with research-based practices that advance a restorative approach to schooling and make learning environments more supportive, equitable, and anti-racist.

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