Over the last 5 years and 21 issues of Sociology of Education, I have learned so much. First and foremost, thank you for the honor of serving our scholarly community. I have read over 1,000 new manuscripts and learned something new from every single one. Although SOE cannot publish every manuscript, I believe there is value in all scholarship submitted. One of my goals as editor was to ensure that every manuscript, whether it was accepted for publication or not, would become better, stronger, and more robust after undergoing the review process at SOE. Thanks to the strong reviewers and editorial team (Deputy Editors, Editorial Board, and Managing Editors) that serve SOE, I think that was the case. I smile when I see an article that was not published in SOE, but became stronger due to the review process, and is then published in another venue. I smile even more when I see how the work being published in our journal is changing the field.

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来自即将离任的编辑的消息

在过去的 5 年和 21期教育社会学中，我学到了很多东西。首先，感谢您有幸为我们的学术界服务。我已经阅读了 1,000 多份新手稿，并从每一份手稿中学到了新东西。虽然SOE不能发表所有的手稿，但我相信所有提交的奖学金都是有价值的。作为编辑，我的目标之一是确保每一篇稿件，无论是否被接受发表，在经过SOE的审查过程后，都会变得更好、更强大、更健壮。感谢为SOE服务的强大的审稿人和编辑团队（副主编、编委和执行编辑），我认为是这样。看到一篇没有在SOE发表的文章，经过审稿的过程变强了，然后又发到了别的地方，我笑了。当我看到我们期刊上发表的工作如何改变这个领域时，我更笑了。