NM Public Schools Beginning Restorative Justice Pilot Program
8.18.23 – Executive Producer Jeff Proctor talks with Trip Jennings, executive director of New Mexico In Depth, and Emma Green, program coordinator with the state’s Public Education Department, about a pilot program aimed at reducing student expulsions. Jeff asks how the plan takes a new approach to school discipline and is rooted in a philosophy called “restorative justice.”
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor
Guests: Trip Jennings, executive director, New Mexico In Depth
Emma Green, program coordinator, New Mexico Public Education Department
For More Information:
Growing number of NM schools pursue restorative justice to keep kids in schools – New Mexico In Depth
Native students are expelled in New Mexico far more than any other group. This school district is ground zero for the disparity. — New Mexico in Depth