Kathryn Anderson-Levitt, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, USA, also taught in UCLA’s Department of Education 2011–2019. Her books include Teaching cultures (2002), and Local meanings, global schooling (2003). Meg P. Gardinier is a global education policy researcher, instructor, and manager. She has published on issues such as education in post-communist Albania; teachers as agents of change; and the policy influence of the OECD. She is currently based in Washington DC.