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Contributors
Hugo Aboites is Professor of Education and rector of the Autonomous University of
Mexico City. He is author of numerous books and articles, including The School as
Community Hub: Beyond Education’s Iron Cage
Christine Blower is General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers and
President of ETUCE, the European section of Education International. She taught
from 1973 until she was elected as Deputy General Secretary and has classroom
experience in both primary and secondary settings as well as Pupil Referral Units. As
the grandmother of a 3 year old she fears for the future of education!
Carol Caref, research director for the Chicago Teachers Union, is the lead author of
several CTU publications; the most recent is A Just Chicago: Fighting for the City
Our Students Deserve. This report details the intimate connection of health, housing,
jobs, segregation, and funding to education. Before coming to the CTU in 2010, Carol
taught high school mathematics in Chicago Public Schools for 25 years. She is
passionate about teaching and fighting for what students need and deserve.
Lars Dahlström is Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, Umea University. He
has written and researched extensively on the effects of neoliberal education policy,
particularly in the global South. His latest publications include: You are being
cheated: a critical analysis of Teach for Sweden and Case Studies of Teacher Education
Forces in the Global South: Pedagogical possibilities when the main door is closed
(together with John Nyambe)
Angelo Gavrielatos is the Project Director at Educational International (EI)
responsible for leading EI’s response to the growing commercialisation and
privatisation of education. He was the Federal President of the Australian Education
Union (AEU) for 7 years prior to commencing work with EI. He started his career as
a secondary teacher in Green valley in South West Sydney in 1987. His commitment
to social justice unionism is at the heart of his work.
Edgar Isch is an academic who works closely with UNE, the union that represents
teachers in Ecuador. He was environment minister in the government of Ecuador for
a short time before leaving the position as a critic of the extractivist direction taken
by the current government. He is a member of the Research Network of the IDEA
Network that publishes research and the bilingual magazine Intercambio.
Larry Kuehn is Director of Research and Technology at the British Columbia
Teachers’ Federation in Canada. He is also responsible for the International
Solidarity Program of the BCTF and writes about the impact of neo-liberal
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