Refreshingly optimistic, but against-the-current, look at much vilified 2013 educational reform, by longtime teacher, union activist, former student leader and current member of National Education Evaluation Board. Argues that Mexican public education has languished for 70 years under stifling alliance between authorities and national teachers' union, and that reforms wrest control from labor and open door to transforming system for better. Includes succinct explanation of new teacher evaluation system and complete text of reform law.