Do not forget to register for our Oct 9 webinar on parent engagement and family learning in Scotland bit.ly/4gGF1OD Family learning is especially an interesting concept and practice. There is a comparative aspect to it too!

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research doi.org/10.1093/esr/... OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow... @europeansocreview.bsky.social

1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.

Mark your calendars for October 23 webinar with Dr. Ulana Pidzamecky organized by CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG. The talk is titled Flourishing or floundering? Exploring Ukrainian elementary schoolteacher understandings of their professional experience lnkd.in/gEk4u-vS

An important article by SeongGyeong Park - Breaking barriers to immigrant parental engagement: A systematic review and policy implications lnkd.in/gQN-_Wn8 Notably, one of the most important school system-related barriers is deficit framing on immigrant families!

In which I review some new American data on college attendance and economic mobility with Yale's Zach Bleemer

Edtech platforms "are not neutral 'tools' but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests." Excellent new policy brief on edtech platforms from @nepc.bsky.social and @philnichols.bsky.social

Online seminar on ‘Qualitative Analysis and Large Language Models (LLMs)’, 22.10.25, 12:30 UK time. Excellent speakers covering the issues for us quali researchers. Free but pls register ⤵️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qualitativ...

Come along to the fantastic Parent Engagement webinar series organised by #CenTCS #Fellow @max-antony-newman.bsky.social

Parent engagement webinars at @uofglasgow.bsky.social are back! Join us on October 9 at 9AM ET/2PM GMT for the talk The Changing Landscape of Parental Engagement and Family Learning in 21st century Scotland with Dr Beverley Ferguson and Susan Doherty. Register here bit.ly/4gGF1OD

Delighted to share my latest journal article: Reimagining Teacher Education for Authentic Parent Engagement www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15... @miceducationfac.bsky.social @max-antony-newman.bsky.social @maeveliston.bsky.social @miclibraries.bsky.social

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Canada has the most highly educated migrants as uber drivers, wasting their skills. Only 44% of immigrants who arrive in Canada are employed in jobs that are aligned with their education level. These are remaining challenges, amongst many more! The MIPEX score doesn’t reflect reality.

Reimagining Teacher Education for Authentic Parent Engagement is a great new article by Dr Sandra Ryan www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15... @centcs.bsky.social

@dieworkwear.bsky.social Seems like an interesting story behind Robert Redford's jacket from Three Days of the Condor www.ft.com/content/3c1a...

Do not miss our September 22 webinar "How to write a proposal for CSSE" (12pm) led by @bbfarhadi.bsky.social! Register here - t.co/KkWBsrwU3t

what does ‘misbehaviour’ sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of ‘im/proper language’ and ‘im/proper behaviour’ coalesce and get co-constructed with one another. doi.org/10.1080/0962...

Canadian Association of Sociology of Education is inviting proposals for the 2026 annual meeting as part of CSSE conference at the University of Winnipeg in 2026. Deadline for submissions is Oct 8, 2025 at 11:59ET www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...

🏫 This review elucidates an evidence-based framework of 31 equitable school leadership practices in 7 domains for students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013... @chengyongtan.bsky.social #Equity #Education #SchoolLeadership

📢 Do you use AI tools in research + academia? Survey for scholars working on language in society - please also consider participating if you do NOT use AI technologies. Complete (15 min) & share by Sept 14 🙏https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/FW27T97 Iker Erdocia, Britta Schneider & Bettina Migge

Looking for some good reading about AI in education? Check out this new special issue "Theorizing the Future of Generative AI in Education" just out @lmt-journal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/5...

Do not miss CIES submission deadline of August 26, 2025, 11:59pm ET conference.cies.us/proposal/

Do not forget to submit your proposals to CIES 2026 in San Francisco by August 26 conference.cies.us Europe and Central Asia has our dedicated call for papers. More info about our SIG below.

📣 #CenTCS #Seminar #Series 2025 -2026 CenTCS invites you to join the 2025-26 seminar series, where we will explore bold ideas, critical questions, and collaborative possibilities for educational transformation, through nine seminars led by #Fellows & #Affiliates www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

🧵Doug Ford and major Canadian employers have been busy implementing blanket return-to-office policies that unions oppose. In the @theconversation.com , @mmaroto.bsky.social @amykaler.bsky.social and I show how these policies harm workers and contribute to our multiple ongoing public health crises.

Do you have a new remit for Parent Engagement this session? Come and meet your colleagues at our FLAGS! #familylearning @gic-glasgow.bsky.social

Latest article just published - Curricular justice in a complex world This paper is a response to 9 articles published in a Special Issue of the Curriculum Journal bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hopefully, this expands their understanding of the "Ecology of School Improvement." I've also been reflecting how education undergrad and grad students should have a course on these orgs because many said they didn't know how they affected schools!

An important meta-synthesis of 38 qualitative studies - Parental involvement and family–school relations of racially minoritized groups by Kim & Kim (2025) www.emerald.com/ijced/articl...

🗣️ What does Black youth activism in the U.S. look like across a decade of research? 📚 This lit review by Sperduti, Yemini & Khavenson analyzes 84 studies (2012–2023) on youth-led change, intersectionality & local action. 🔗 Read #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/0013...

13 days left to apply for CIES 2026 in San Francisco conference.cies.us/proposal/ Researching education in Europe and Central Asia? Apply to present as part of our SIG!

Welcome back to all of our Education colleagues! A wee reminder of our 'Primary One Every Bear Project', designed to support you in welcoming your new families to school :) @gic-glasgow.bsky.social #familylearning

Great issue of OurSchools/OurSelves from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives dedicated to the deep analysis of the political evolution of "parental rights" www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/u... Crucially, not to be conflated with parent engagement!

📣 Ethical Leadership in Turbulent Times. Online seminar with @drannlopez.bsky.social, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, @oiseuoft.bsky.social Wed. 27 Aug. 2025, 4.30pm - 6.30pm forms.office.com/pages/respon... @seralisen.bsky.social @centcs.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social

Do not miss the next webinar from CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG on August 18 at 2pm (Central Time) when Dr. Elena Aydarova will talk about The Academic Career as an Obstacle Course: Navigating Challenges of a Research-Intensive Path docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Find my recently edited book "Language Policy as Practice: Advancing the Empirical Turn in Language Policy Research" with Palgrave here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Do not miss the next webinar from CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG on August 18 at 2pm (Central Time) when Dr. Elena Aydarova will talk about The Academic Career as an Obstacle Course: Navigating Challenges of a Research-Intensive Path docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do not forget to submit your proposals to CIES 2026 by August 26 conference.cies.us More info about the call from Europe and Central Asia SIG is below.

What do parents think about culturally responsive practices? Insightful article by Aguayo et al. (2025) link.springer.com/article/10.1... Implications for practice are especially helpful!

Do not miss the first August webinar from Europe and Central Asia SIG of CIES on August 5 at 8pm (Bishkek) with Mukadas Tashieva presenting Evaluation of School Readiness for Participation in Reading Research in Kyrgyzstan docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The function of #sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden." "Every established order tends to produce the naturalization of its own arbitrariness." ✒️ #PierreBourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher, was #BOTD 1 August 1930.

Great webinar organised by National Center for Families Learning is coming up on August 28 - FROM BARRIERS TO BRIDGES: RECOGNIZING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES' DIGITAL LITERACY PRACTICES TO ADVANCE DIGITAL EQUITY ncfl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just finished reviewing the final proofs of my forthcoming book on #techworkers. It sheds light on the high-paid professionals in the tech industry. The book is coming out open-access with @mitpress.bsky.social this December. Very excited about it!

Canada's Long-Standing Openness to Immigration Comes Under Pressure www.migrationpolicy.org/article/cana...

We are fully open-access, independent and academic-owned. We publish articles about higher education with a global disposition (broadly defined). This includes research articles, critical reflections, and practice pieces. Please consider publishing with us! journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

Since it's Tenure-And-Promotion-To-Associate letter writing season, a few years ago I compiled a set of materials that I found useful in crafting my letters. They might be useful to you too, perhaps. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Delighted that our abstract, 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 @dennisafrancis.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social has been accepted for the 6th Annual International Conference of the @oiseuoft.bsky.social Center for Leadership and Diversity in October 2025 @drannlopez.bsky.social

📢 #Callforpapers: "Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto Iranians". Share your Iranian immigrant experience in Toronto through a 500-word personal essay. ⌛ Deadline for submissions: Aug. 15, 2025 🗣️ English or Farsi 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #Tehranto #IranianDiaspora #Toronto

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