This blog is one of the primary ways we share core ideas and new developments in the Building A New Reality movement.
The Best of BANR #3 – How Restorative Practices Helped Me to Trust the Police
by Mary Shafer In our third look back at the best of our blog posts over the past three years, we focus on the fact that the Building A New…
The Best of BANR #2 – Measuring the Marigolds
In his original post, BANR founder Ted Wachtel gives his overview of the folly of school grading. It’s a good introduction to the foundational BANR belief that it’s long past time that we re-examine our slavish devotion to the traditional classroom.
“Best of BANR” #1 – The Post That Started It All
It’s hard to believe we’ve been at this for three years already, but timelines don’t lie. Our first blog post was published in early August, 2016. That was during the…
Student Government Reimagined – Part 4
This is the final in a four-part series about Democracy in Practice’s work replacing student elections with lotteries in schools in Bolivia. It speaks to students learning early about ways…
Student Government Reimagined – Part 3
This is the third in a four-part series about Democracy in Practice’s work replacing student elections with lotteries in schools in Bolivia. It speaks to students learning early about ways…
Student Government Reimagined – Part 2
This is the second in a four-part series about Democracy in Practice’s work replacing student elections with lotteries in schools in Bolivia. It speaks to students learning early about ways…
Student Government Reimagined – Part 1
Democracy In Practice is changing the way student governments are formed and how they work, making them more diverse and representative of student bodies.
Restorative Practices: A Science of Human Dignity
Restorative practices provide a simple framework to give people a voice in a noisy world, and agency at a time when global events happen faster and with more frequency than we have the time to keep up with. Restorative practices are indeed a social science that allow us to fully express and experience our humanity with dignity.
How Restorative Practices Can Spark Workplace Creativity
What if your workplace sparked, instead of stunted, creativity? What if you worked at an organization that intentionally developed leaders who structure collaboration, conversations, and connections to nurture creative solutions?
America’s Addiction to Voting
By Kerra L. Bolton Americans are addicted to the idea of voting. Voting represents ownership of the public policy and lawmaking processes. It denotes exclusive (citizen) membership in the American…
