![Out-of-school suspensions have dropped from roughly 700 per year to about 50 since Principal Chad Adams established a Peace Room at Sullivan High School in Chicago.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/47206/adams_ii_2400x1350__medium.png)
Illinois Issues: New School Discipline Philosophy One Year Later
School districts had a year to implement a state law that banned zero-tolerance policies and emphasized restorative justice practices. We check back in with five districts we visited in the summer of 2016 to see how school discipline has changed.