“…Educational cooperatives are democratic societies with variable capital that bring together teachers and other staff that work in schools, providing teaching and/or complementary services to the community, within educational legislation. These companies place more emphasis on people than on capital, along with satisfying social objectives (Defourny & Laville, 2007; Monzón & Chaves, 2008; Chaves‐Ávila et al., 2013) and promoting general interests over profit (Juliá, 2011). They create employment (SDG8), avoid discrimination (SDG5: gender equality, SDG8: promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and SDG10: lessening social inequalities), encourage the disadvantaged to become more independent, and give access and support to economic resources (Martínez et al., 2020).…”