No Better Way to Celebrate Mexico's Day of the Teacher than Talking about the World's Best Teacher

Like a slug toward a bowl of beer, Elba Esther Gordillo has been drawn into the limelight by the coming elections, none more so than Mexico State's:

Profesor Elba Esther Gordillo has been stirring the pot in the context of the electoral battle in Mexico State and the presidential succession. For several weeks she has been active. First in the conference of the teachers union. Later in an interview, published in this newspaper, in which she criticized the labor policy of Calderón's government. On the celebration of Day of the Teacher, the president proposed to Doña Elba Esther to work together in the universal evaluation of teachers. The union leader has been increasingly active. She is back in the midst of the electoral battle.