Judith J. Slater is Professor Emerita, Florida International University. Her books include Anatomy of a Collaboration: Study of a College of Education/Public School Partnership (1996), Acts of Alignment (2000), editor of Teen Life in Asia (2004), co-editor of The Freirean Legacy (2002), Pedagogy of Place (2004), Educating for Democracy in a Changing World: Understanding Freedom in Contemporary America (2007), and War Against the Professions: The Impact of Politics and Economics on the Idea of the University (2009).

Ruth Ravid is Professor, National-Louis University. Her books include The Many Faces of School-University Collaboration: Characteristics of Successful Partnerships (2001), Practical Statistics for Educators (2005), Workbook to Accompany Practical Statistics for Educators (2005) and Practical Statistics for Business: An Introduction to Business Statistics (2008).