Ky’Eisha W. Black, Esq. Featured in Florida A&M University Law Review

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Orlando, Florida — Ky’Eisha W. Black announces the publication of her latest scholarly article, “Policing an Education: Legal and Policy Drivers of the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Florida Public Schools,” featured in Volume 20, Issue 1 of the Florida A&M University Law Review, themed Rewriting the Margins.

In this powerful and deeply researched piece, Mrs. Black examines the legal frameworks, disciplinary policies, and structural decisions that contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline in Florida’s public education system. Her scholarship explores how statutory mandates, school policing practices, and policy design intersect to produce long-term consequences for vulnerable student populations.

The article provides a critical legal analysis of how education systems increasingly rely on punitive mechanisms that mirror criminal justice models. Mrs. Black challenges readers to reconsider the role of law in shaping student outcomes and calls for intentional reforms, divestments, and reimagining that center fairness, accountability, and opportunity.

“The criminalization of students is not inevitable, it is the result of deliberate legal and policy choices. In Policing an Education, I call for schools to be reimagined as spaces of safety, dignity, and democratic possibility for Black and Latine youth—free from policing and rooted in care rather than fear. As a movement lawyer and scholar, I see this work as both an invitation and an obligation to help build that future.”

Attorney Black published in FAMU Law Review

Volume 20 marks a significant milestone for the Florida A&M University Law Review, and Rewriting the Margins reflects a broader commitment to amplifying scholarship that interrogates systems of power and advances meaningful reform. Ms. Black’s contribution adds an essential voice to ongoing national and statewide discussions about education policy, youth justice, and civil rights.

Mrs. Black continues to focus her research and advocacy on the intersection of education law, reparative justice, and policy transformation. Her work seeks not only to diagnose systemic challenges but to advance practical pathways toward institutional accountability and sustainable change.

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