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2009-2010 CRE Teachers Calendar

Recommended Standards for School-Based
Peer Mediation Programs 2007

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The Fourth R

Winter/Spring 2008-2009 Edition Now Available (Click Here)

Call for Submissions Summer/Fall 2009!

Are you a scholar or practitioner in the field of Conflict Resolution Education? Are you interested in sharing your work among your peers? Here is your chance! The Fourth R is the semi-annual newsletter of the Education Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and a venue for presenting conflict resolution education research, writing, and artistic works. After the successful issues of the 2007 and 2008, The Fourth R is back in action and pleased to announce the call for submissions for June 2009!   ACR’s Education Section provides resources and support for practitioners, educators, students, young people, trainers, community activists, and administrators in the fields of peace and conflict resolution in pre-K-12 to higher learning settings. Accessible to all, The Fourth R is a great way for the conflict resolution education community to network and share their work.   We Invite your articles of approximately 800-1500 words related to your research and work in the field of conflict resolution education. The Fourth R’s Summer/Fall 2009 issue will highlight works on:Conflict Stories: Narrating the Meaning of School Conflicts. The submissions should include: 1.  A conflict story (parties: students, parents, staff, paraprofessionals, teachers, administrators;    issues: relationships, discrimination, harassment, bullying, individual education plans, access, quality, assessments, conflict of interests, union contracts, grade appeals, etcetera); 2. An analysis of the conflict or its impact on school culture; 3. A theoretical or research grounded resolution process. Submissions for feature articles may cover current projects or evaluation of past endeavors, as well as related events or on-going research. Contributors are also welcome to submit book or curriculum reviews, poetry, pictures, cartoons, student reflections or work on peer mediation, short descriptions of innovative or peer mediation programs, news clips, announcements, and more.   Your work for the Summer/Fall 2009 issue must be submitted in an electronic, word-processing format (preferably Microsoft Word) by June 5, 2009. All work must be the original work of the author, and will be thoroughly reviewed by the editors. Submissionsmust include the author’s full name, a photograph, complete references (APA), institutional affiliation, and contact information (physical and e-mail addresses), as well as a short bio. We also encourage authors to include relevant photographs, graphics, and tables they would like to include with their article.   Please direct all inquiries and submissions to: the4thr@gmail.com

Our Mission

The Education Section provides resources and support for practitioners, educators, students, young people, trainers, community activists, and administrators in the fields of peace and conflict resolution in pre-K-12 to higher learning settings.

Work of the Section

The Education Section is on the move and working in many directions, thanks to the dedication of its member volunteers! It is busy with committees, planning for the 2009 ACR conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, and working on grant proposals to enable the work to continue. One committee chaired by Leigh Jones-Bamman, the "Updating and Revising Guidelines for Peer Mediation Programs," has successfully completed their work on recommended guidelines for peer mediation programs which are now available.

Conflict Resolution Day 2009 - Help us make this year's Conflict Resolution Day the best ever by contributing your examples and ideas for promoting Conflict Resolution in schools.