Joel Spring, is on the faculty of the New School University. He received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin. His major research interests are history of education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, global education, and human rights education. He is the author of many books, the most recent of which are Education and the Rise of the Global Economy; The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines; and Globalization and Educational Rights.