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Educators learn how restorative justice can shift discipline from punishment to transformation at two-day ‘academy’

by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

What makes Avery Trinh’s endorsement of restorative justice in education special is that he’s not an administrator or a teacher. He’s a rising senior at Wilde Lake High School in
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New recreational leadership and sports studies major offers leadership and management skills for growing job market

by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s newest major, recreational leadership and sports studies (RLSS), focuses on providing students who love working with active people the managerial and leadership skills to enter into the
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Learn ethical, responsible interpretation skills at ‘Interpreting for Social Justice’ workshop

by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Professor Adriana Rojas knows the demand for professional interpreters has increased in Harrisonburg. Rojas, who teaches Spanish at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), says she often receives emails asking for student
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English language learners benefit from EMU educators influenced by Anabaptist values in Harrisonburg, Virginia, reports researcher in Sojourners magazine

by Lauren Jefferson

In a time of rapid change and new demographics in the United States, some communities are better equipped to respond to integration of non-English-speaking immigrant and refugee populations. Because of
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