Bob Lingard is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland where he teaches and researches educational policy, the sociology of education and school reform. He is also Chair of the Queensland Studies Authority. Debra Hayes is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney where she teaches and researches in the areas of sociology of education and pedagogies. Martin Mills is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, where he teaches and researches in the sociology of education and gender. Pam Christie is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, where she teaches and researches leadership and school change, and globalization and education. She is also Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand.