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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Aug 29

These courses offer templates for how TEPs can do this necessary work, especially in the present moment of extreme violence against immigrant communities.

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Aug 29

However, our analysis of 89 course syllabi from 4 CA Teacher Ed Programs shows that some courses do address questions of undocumented status, the effects of immigration policies, & ways to support children in immigrant families despite their exclusion from the CA state credentialing standards.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Aug 29

Spoiler alert: there is very little mention of the students’ immigrant origins & almost exclusive focus on English language acquisition.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Aug 29

We analyze California’s Teacher Performance Expectations to see which skills & knowledge teacher candidates are supposed to develop during their training program to prepare them to teach children of immigrant backgrounds.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Aug 29

At long last, I’m thrilled to share a new article (w/former grad student Jessica Nguyen) published in Educational Studies:

What are teachers taught about migration? A content analysis of California’s teacher credentialing standards and teacher education course syllabi

The population of immigrant-origin students attending schools outside of their or their parents’ countries of origin has dramatically expanded in recent decades. Yet, educators continually report f...

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

Using student-led photography in the classroom may simultaneously expand teachers’ knowledge and understanding of their students, informs practice while increasing cultural relevance and student sense of belonging in the classroom. Contact us for copies! We welcome your thoughts.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

We argue that the strategic use of photovoice could be a practice of inclusion (á la Stanton-Salazar’s 1997 structures of exclusion) meridian.allenpress.com/her/article-...

A Social Capital Framework for Understanding the Socialization of Racial Minority Children and Youths

In this article, Ricardo Stanton-Salzar offers a network-analytic framework for understanding the socialization and schooling experiences of working-class racial minority youth. Unlike many previous w...

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

We build on Cooper & Miness’s (2014) work distinguishing teacher care and teacher understanding by showing how photovoice can function as a means to facilitate student agency in laying the foundation for teachers generating a deeper understanding of their students. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Project MUSE - The Co-Creation of Caring Student-Teacher Relationships: Does Teacher Understanding Matter?

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

Students identified ways that these photographs would help increase teachers’ personal and academic understanding of them & potentially engage in more culturally relevant teaching practices that incorporate students’ traditions, languages, cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

We asked them to take 20 Polaroid photographs of their lives outside of school that would help teachers understand them better & we learned about what they felt they had few opportunities to share in the classroom: their family members, homes, favorite foods, belongings, pets, religion, & pastimes.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

UCSB doctoral candidates Lupita Romo-González, Damhee Dee Dee Hong, and I collaborated with 4th-6th grade students of immigrant backgrounds to explore what they wanted their teachers to know and understand about them, their families, and their lives.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Apr 29

New pub alert! Our article, "Building Classroom Relationships Through Photovoice: What Immigrant-Origin Students Want Their Teachers to Know and Understand about Them," now available in The Elementary School Journal. Access free (first 50) here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/SQVZC...

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Mar 21

The moment that changed everything (for me!)

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great news & so well deserved. Enhorabuena, Matt!

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · Feb 10

MAGA think more uneducated people is a bonus.

Kalyn Belsha @kalynbelsha.bsky.social · Feb 10

NEW: Last year, The Heritage Foundation called on states to pass laws that could prompt a challenge to Plyler v. Doe, which guarantees children the right to a public education regardless of immigration status. Now lawmakers in at least 5 states are doing just that. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/08/r...

No proof of citizenship, no public school: GOP state lawmakers target undocumented kids

In Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled children have a right to attend public schools for free regardless of their immigration status. But GOP legislators in at least five states have introduced bi...

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Harvard Education Press @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social · Feb 3

HEP author @csattinbajaj.bsky.social was quoted in an article published by @edsurge.com, which examines how the new administration will impact newcomer immigrant students. https://bit.ly/40sW3rO

As the Administration Changes, Will Fear Keep Newcomer Students From Schools? | EdSurge News

For newcomer students, fear can get in the way of attending school. With the incoming administration, will that get worse?

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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · Jan 30

Delighted (and surprised!) to learn that this summary of my study with @jenjennings.bsky.social, @cohodes.bsky.social, and @csattinbajaj.bsky.social was @nepc.bsky.social's most-read newsletter of 2024! You can read it here: nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · Jan 27

If you're interested in school choice, racial discrimination, or NYC schools, you should read @chantalahailey.bsky.social's important new work

Chantal Hailey @chantalahailey.bsky.social · Jan 27

Excited to share my new article in @sfjournal.bsky.social ! Using a survey experiment with 995 families, I show how race shapes beliefs about school safety. White, Asian, and Latine families perceive Black schools as less safe—even when safety ratings are identical. #Education #Race

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 26

More of this content, please! LA love and delicious baked goods are just what is needed right now. Thank you!

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 25

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 25

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Attorney General Bonta Issues Guidance on Educational Rights of Immigrant Students and Their Families

Holds third regional convening on immigrant rights in Sacramento SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued two sets of guidance to ensure the educational rights of immigrant stud...

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 25

Have lots of resources and can send or post wherever would be most helpful! A few links for starters below. Some may be CA/state-specific in terms of sanctuary provisions and other may not have been updated since DJT rescinded the EO n Sensitive Locations which had restricted ICE near schools

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is why all districts should be training educators on students’ and families’ rights and protocols for responding if/when ICE attempts to enter a school building. Well done CPS for preparing school leaders for dealing with the terrible state we’re in right now.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · Jan 24

About 75% of immigrant farm workers did not show up for work this week in Bakersfield, California, as the threat of Trump’s immigration raids looms.

Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry

Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.

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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Jan 24

@larryferlazzo.bsky.social in case this is of interest.

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