Leslie Winner, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Leslie J. Winner has spent much of her career as a public servant and public interest lawyer working on issues such as civil rights, gender equity, affordable housing, public education and higher education. In January 2008, Winner joined Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation as executive director. Prior to this role, Winner worked as general counsel to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education and as Vice President and General Counsel to the University of North Carolina, where she provided legal advice to UNC’s Board of Governors, president and senior administrators at the 17-affiliated institutions. She was also elected to three terms (1993-1998) with the North Carolina State Senate, serving among other positions, as Senate Majority Whip and as co-chair of the Education and Higher Education Committee and Appropriations Committee. Winner is a native of North Carolina and serves on the NC New Schools Board of Directors.
Shiny trinkets are shiny.
Much has been written in the past year about the education system in Finland. Finnish students have scored among the top in the world in international math, science and reading tests over the last decade, so American education experts debate ways to translate that kind of success to our own schools. As part of a U.S. delegation organized by ...