The Sherrification of Education; How Educational Policy Expands The School-To-Prison Pipeline and How We Interrupt It.

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Sunday 7:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Research on Policy and Mattering within the Social Context of Education

Abstract

This poster examines how federal education policies have expanded carceral discipline practices in NYC public schools, disproportionately harming Black and Latinx students. Introducing the “Sherrification of Education,” it analyzes how policing structures operate through the 6 P’s: People (power), Pedagogy (teaching), Police (enforcement), Programming (curriculum), Profit (corporate interests), and Propaganda (safety/control narratives). Tracing a lineage from Slave Patrols to modern surveillance, the school-to-prison pipeline is framed not as metaphor but as a real, systemic phenomenon with lasting consequences. This work calls for a paradigm shift toward anti-racist, restorative practices that dismantle punitive logics and reimagine safety, belonging, and accountability in schools—centering the dignity and liberation of historically marginalized youth.

Author

• Martin Urbach, Graduate Center - CUNY