Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
@csattinbajaj.bsky.social
Professor of Education Policy, UC Santa Barbara. I use (mostly) qualitative research methods to study issues of educational (in)equity for immigrant-origin youth & families.
Glad this issue is getting the attention it deserves. Educators need more support & training for the day-to-day work of meeting kids where they are in the face of terrifying ICE brutality. Thx to @theconversation.com for covering
Great insights by @csattinbajaj.bsky.social on how schools can support immigrant students, parents, and the teachers who care about them.
Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance
While federal immigrant agents need to produce a judicial warrant to enter a classroom, they can freely operate in public spaces at and around schools.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Glad this issue is getting the attention it deserves. Educators need more support & training for the day-to-day work of meeting kids where they are in the face of terrifying ICE brutality. Thx to @theconversation.com for covering
i’d love to be added to this group/thanks!
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i’d love to be added to this group/thanks!
These courses offer templates for how TEPs can do this necessary work, especially in the present moment of extreme violence against immigrant communities.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
These courses offer templates for how TEPs can do this necessary work, especially in the present moment of extreme violence against immigrant communities.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.
Spoiler alert: there is very little mention of the students’ immigrant origins & almost exclusive focus on English language acquisition.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Spoiler alert: there is very little mention of the students’ immigrant origins & almost exclusive focus on English language acquisition.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.
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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August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
At long last, I’m thrilled to share a new article (w/former grad student Jessica Nguyen) published in Educational Studies:
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
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...
meridian.allenpress.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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-...
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?
muse.jhu.edu
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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...
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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.
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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www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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...
The moment that changed everything (for me!)
March 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The moment that changed everything (for me!)
Great news & so well deserved. Enhorabuena, Matt!
March 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great news & so well deserved. Enhorabuena, Matt!
Reposted by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
MAGA think more uneducated people is a bonus.
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...
www.chalkbeat.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
MAGA think more uneducated people is a bonus.
Reposted by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
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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February 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
Reposted by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
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/...
January 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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/...
Reposted by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
If you're interested in school choice, racial discrimination, or NYC schools, you should read @chantalahailey.bsky.social's important new work
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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January 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you're interested in school choice, racial discrimination, or NYC schools, you should read @chantalahailey.bsky.social's important new work
More of this content, please! LA love and delicious baked goods are just what is needed right now. Thank you!
January 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
More of this content, please! LA love and delicious baked goods are just what is needed right now. Thank you!
unidosus.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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
January 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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
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.
January 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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.