Educating our youth transcends curriculum coverage and programatic compliance. A student-centered educational system in 2023 should not have any similarities with an archaic, chairs-in-rows, factory-like school. In addition to structural, organizational, and fiscal issues; there are mindsets, assumptions, and prejudices that have made the educational system obsolete and in desperate need for transformation. Efforts like the one showcased here, although small in scale, are big in significance, as they attempt to change the minds, not only of the students, but also of the adults charged with educating the next generation of citizens.
Big moves for Dobie Middle School Austin Independent School District by implementing a Restorative Center in place of In School Suspension. A special shout-out to Roxanne Walker M.Ed. for leading this important reflection step for her students on campus. Toron Wooldridge, Ed.D Angel Wilson, Ed.D.