Jody Heymann is the Founding Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. An internationally renowned researcher on public policy and equity, Heymann has authored more than 180 publications, including thirteen books. She has served as an advisor to policymakers around the world. Her work has been featured widely in Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Portfolio.com, Forbes, CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Financial Times, MSNBC, Good Morning America, and Fox News, among other leading national and international media outlets.

Adèle Cassola conducts comparative research at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. There, she leads an initiative analyzing the protections established in the constitutions of all UN member states across a number of life contexts in which discrimination can occur, including education, work, health, family, and political and civic participation.

Jessica Ball
Professor
School of Child and Youth Care
University of Victoria
Victoria, Canada

Koli Banik
Education Specialist
Education for All - Fast Track Initiative Secretariat
Washington, DC

Carol Benson
Professor
Department of Education
Stockholm University

Ebony Bertorelli
Research Associate
McGill University

Aneel Brar
Policy Fellow
Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University

Adèle Cassola
Researcher
Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University

North Cooc
Doctoral Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Marie Duru-Bellat
Professor
Sociology of Education
Paris Institute of Political Science

Serge Ebersold
Education Analyst
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Peter Evans
Senior Analyst
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Education
University of London

Merle Froschl
Co-Director
Educational Equity Center
Academy for Educational Development

Jodut Hashmi
Doctoral Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Clyde Hertzman
Director
Human Early Learning Partnership
University of British Columbia

Emily Hertzman
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto

Jody Heymann
Founding Director
Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University

Lori Irwin
Deputy Director
Human Early Learning Partnership
University of British Columbia

Brittany Lambert
Researcher
Institute for Health and Social Policy
McGill University

Maureen Lewis
Chief Economist
The World Bank

Marlaine Lockheed
Lecturer
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University

Laura Pilozzi-Edmonds
Medical Student
McGill University

Mokubung Nkomo
Professor
Department of Education Management and Policy Studies
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa

Robert Prouty
Head
Education for All - Fast Track Initiative Secretariat

Fernando Reimers
Ford Foundation Professor of International Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Arjumand Siddiqi
Assistant Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto

Barbara Sprung
Co-Director
Educational Equity Center
Academy for Educational Development

Deepa Srikantaiah
Consultant
Education for All - Fast Track Initiative Secretariat

Ziba Vaghri
Director
International Research and Initiatives Program
University of British Columbia

Lessons in Educational Equality is a rigorous, illuminating guide to very troubling inequities in educational opportunity that continue to plague large numbers of countries. But perhaps more importantly, it is a tour of hope, an examination of transferable solutions and initiatives in varied countries that are improving the prospects of girls, the disabled, and other historically disadvantaged groups. This is a crucial book that will make us much wiser about issues that demand all of our attention." -- Richard Weissbourd, Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, and Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

"This admirably comprehensive overview of the many facets of educational inequalities is a 'must-read' for researchers, policy makers, and all those concerned about the opportunities denied to children, and the consequent loss of talent for societies. Covering many types of disparities, from within-country differences associated with wealth, income, and gender, to vast between-country differences, this book is unusual in its commitment not only to description and analysis, but also to identifying specific actions that can help to remedy the situation. An evidence-based approach to tough questions, it is an antidote to the facile opinions that sometimes dominate public discourse. It belongs on the bookshelf of anyone seriously concerned about the root causes of educational inequality, and what might be done about them." -- Daniel P. Keating, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics, University of Michigan, and editor of Nature and Nurture in Early Child Development