Some blue skies and palm trees in LA at AERA 2026 last week)

You can now access all three video recordings of March Education Scotland parent engagement webinars on the University of Glasgow website lnkd.in/ecJQsk_a

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

Our next parent engagement webinar at University of Glasgow on May 6 will feature Jiin Yoo from the The University of British Columbia - Beyond the School Gate: How South Korean Immigrant Parents Navigate Official, Communal, and Shadow Spheres of Education. uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Family-friendly policies include: affordable housing and child care programs, after school care, funding for health care, k-12 and post-secondary education #ONPoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Ahead of World Autism Acceptance Day* - I've published an article in The Conversation summarising some key points from our research into autistic teachers 👇 Including barriers, strengths & suggestions for better futures. *If that's still a thing 🙂 theconversation.com/learning-fro...

As 2030 nears, can we talk about education equity without addressing racism? In this Beyond 2030 blog, Arathi Sriprakash et al. challenge 3 myths—and argue that structural racism must be central to SDG4. Ignoring it risks normalising inequality. 🔗 buff.ly/C3nhj4I #Beyond2030

📢 Call for Abstracts! Submit by 31/05 to a special issue on asset‑based parent engagement, highlighting families’ strengths & challenging deficit views in education 👇 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... @max-antony-newman.bsky.social @profbriannakennedy.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Attending CIES 2026 and interested in social inequality and social justice in education? Do not miss the book launch of The Role of Social Inequality in Parent Engagement: From Inequality to Social Justice in Education on April 1 at 11:15am convention2.allacademic.com/one/cies/cie...

Where does the idea of writing as thinking come from and what’s it actually mean … patthomson.net/2026/03/22/t...

To celebrate this year’s AAAL in Chicago, Language Policy is pleased to announce that the following articles written by conference attendees will be made fully open access for two months:

Education in the aftermath of a pandemic is a webinar co-organized by the Canadian Sociological Association's Sociology of Education Research Cluster (CSA) and the Canadian Association of Sociology of Education (CASE). Mar 26, 12:00-13:15 ET. Register here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you missed our March 18 webinar Parenting Strategies of the Middle-Classes in China’s Greater Bay Area: Outsourced Concerted Cultivation and International Schooling with Dr Ewan Wright and Dr Ying Ma, you can watch a video recording of the presentation now youtu.be/9mwFIbEuqVQ

Do not miss our March 18 webinar Parenting Strategies of the Middle-Classes in China’s Greater Bay Area: Outsourced Concerted Cultivation and International Schooling with Dr Ewan Wright (The Education University of Hong Kong) and Dr Ying Ma (Fudan University) lnkd.in/eGuHgTcw

Looking forward to leading the second webinar in the parent engagement series organised by Education Scotland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asset-base... Asset-based parent engagement in education: Re-imagining partnerships (March 19, 4pm GMT)

You really do not want to miss our March 18 webinar on outsourced concerted cultivation in middle-class families in China's Greater Bay Area lnkd.in/eGuHgTcw

I recently spoke with FreshEd about the argument at the heart of my new book, #TheTimeInheritors: inequality is not only about what people have, but also about when they have it. I also argue that support measures can reproduce inequality. @sunypress.bsky.social freshedpodcast.com/xu/?trk=feed...

As I continue thinking about asset-based parent engagement, I think it's timely to reshare this older piece on plurilingual parenting - having more than one language in the repertoire is not a deficit but strength and should be viewed as such! theconversation.com/plurilingual...

A real mishmash of research, factoids and blatant prejudice. A report about how families bring up their children without asking a single family for their view. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

And a bugbear for me - a student has another language rather than English as their first language? CELEBRATE the multilingual ability. That student can think thoughts that can't be thought in English - because we don't have a word for some things that other languages do have words for.

Not everyone gets to be “relaxed.” For some, ease is not a trait but a privilege. In this podcast episode, I talk about time inheritance, time poverty, gendered burdens, and why some people inherit margin while others inherit urgency. A lot of what looks personal is structural.

Our webinar on outsourced concerted cultivation as one of parenting strategies among middle-class parents in China is coming up in one week. You can still register here lnkd.in/eGuHgTcw @csa-scs.bsky.social

Happy to share the call for papers for the special issue in @edreview.bsky.social that my colleague Prof. Brianna Kennedy and myself will be guest editing - Asset-based parent engagement in education: Reimagining partnerships between parents and educators lnkd.in/edX2QkJV @centcs.bsky.social

On International Women’s Day let’s recognise how the wives of social investigators helped shape the foundations of social knowledge #IWD2026 #womenshistorymonth academicswives.co.uk

Happy to share the call for papers for the special issue in @edreview.bsky.social that my colleague Prof. Brianna Kennedy and myself will be guest editing - Asset-based parent engagement in education: Reimagining partnerships between parents and educators lnkd.in/edX2QkJV @centcs.bsky.social

📣 Call for Proposals! The University of Toronto and the University of the West Indies will fund up to five one year joint research projects. Teams must include one Black-identifying Principal Investigator from each institution. 🗓 Apply by April 6: buff.ly/9B3vGAi

Just in time for CIES 2026 Europe and Central Asia SIG are happy to share our newsletter mailchi.mp/6937768bc932... Congratulations to Olga Mun, Gulzhanat Gafu, and Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar who are the 2026 Best Paper/Book Award Winners!

Milton Friedman argued parents, if given govt $ to spend on education, would invest in kids' human capital. His model excluded pets. Drawn from multiple ESA accounts, some of my favorite pet expenditures. Did you know they make wrinkle cream for bulldogs & frenchies? Or that dog DNA kits exist?

Coming up in a couple of weeks! Do not forget to register for our webinar on outsourced concerted cultivation in international schools in Mainland China and Hong Kong lnkd.in/eGuHgTcw

A collaboration between @glasgow.ac.uk @uogcfte.bsky.social and our colleagues at @educationscotland.bsky.social webinar info and sign up details can be found in this post!

Education Scotland, the Centre for Teaching Excellence and University of Glasgow will host a 3-part webinar series on parent engagement from policy, research, and practice perspectives. Join us for 3 great discussions on March 12 lnkd.in/eXGmY3Y4 Mar 19 lnkd.in/eZwjPqUp and Mar 26 lnkd.in/eTHMSEhZ

UPDATE! Join us for “Demystifying Academic Life: What No One Tells You”, now featuring a special moderator announcement: We’re thrilled to welcome Meghna Sabharwal as moderator, bringing her insight, generosity, and leadership to this conversation.

Have you read our recent Special Issue on 'Curricular justice and contemporary education: Policy learning from Australia and the UK'? Guest edited by @stewartriddle.com, Martin Mills and Glenda McGregor. Editorial and 10 new articles to read 👉 bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14693704...

A YEAR OF KITES is on sale at @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social February sale! @amberren.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/year-of-k...

What if academic life is carbon-coded? Mobility. Speed. Output. AI. Prestige. Growth. We question the fossil-fueled assumptions organizing scholarship itself. open.substack.com/pub/edforpla... @carkar.bsky.social

Do not miss our March 18 webinar Parenting Strategies of the Middle-Classes in China’s Greater Bay Area: Outsourced Concerted Cultivation and International Schooling with Dr Ewan Wright (The Education University of Hong Kong) and Dr Ying Ma (Fudan University) lnkd.in/eGuHgTcw

Great to share our #STEM and #parentengagement research on this international forum @maeveliston.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh2.bsky.social Thanks @maxanthony.bsky.social for facilitating.

If you missed our great Feb 18 webinar with Dr Sandra Ryan @sandra-ryan.bsky.social - Developing Partnership Competencies in Initial Teacher Education: Evidence from a STEM Field Experience, you can watch the video recording on our YouTube channel lnkd.in/egdt27Qz

If you missed our great Feb 18 webinar with Dr Sandra Ryan @sandra-ryan.bsky.social - Developing Partnership Competencies in Initial Teacher Education: Evidence from a STEM Field Experience, you can watch the video recording on our YouTube channel lnkd.in/egdt27Qz

Congrats to @coralinglingxu.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Best Book Award from the Higher Education SIG of the Comparative and International Education Society for THE TIME INHERITORS! A powerful study on time inheritance & inequality #HigherEd. #WinnerWednesday #ReadUP tinyurl.com/yc7k864x

The call for submissions for the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) conference in Glasgow on September 3-5, 2026 is now open baice.ac.uk/conferences/...

Over the moon to announce OVERINVESTED, my new book baby due January 20, 2026, with a starred Publishers Weekly review. “Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting” press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Knowledge Under Siege Charting a Future for Universities uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...

Insightful report from WONDER Foundation on the importance of parent and family engagement in youth work lnkd.in/emsstW3k

Coming up next Wednesday (Feb 18) at 10AM ET/3PM GMT - Developing Partnership Competencies in Initial Teacher Education: Evidence from a STEM Field Experience uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A webinar co-organized by the Canadian Sociological Association's Sociology of Education Research Cluster (CSA) and the Canadian Association of Sociology of Education (CASE). February 26, 2026 @ 12:00 PM Eastern Time lnkd.in/eDS4Fs3q

Between the feds cutting student grants in half and Ontario - which makes up something like 60% of the non-Quebec Canada Student Financial Assistance Plan "zone" cutting them by 60-70%, I am pretty sure we will be talking a lot more about student debt in 2030 than we have at any time since 1998.

Coming up next Wednesday (Feb 18) at 10AM ET/3PM GMT - Developing Partnership Competencies in Initial Teacher Education: Evidence from a STEM Field Experience uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Grades have been criticised for as long as they have existed, yet little has changed. Perhaps it is time for new approaches? Our new paper on post-critical approaches to grading with @margaretbea.bsky.social, Rola Ajjawi and David Boud is out in Higher Education! link.springer.com/article/10.1...