Sue Winton

Sue Winton is a professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is also a co-director of the World Educational Research Association’s International Research Network on Families, Educators, and Communities as Educational Advocates. Dr. Winton’s research examines policy influences and practices and their implications for critical democracy. Her current research examines privatization and public education. In one project she is examining advocacy for and against public funding of private schools in three Canadian provinces. Her previous studies include: critical analyses of fundraising, safe schools, bullying, and character education policies; examination of the emergence and activities of advocacy groups in education; and an investigation of the meanings and enactment of school success and successful school leadership in Ontario schools. Dr. Winton began her career in education teaching fifth grade in Monterrey, Mexico. She later taught Spanish, writing, and fourth and fifth grade in Cincinnati, OH, and Toronto, Canada. She earned master's and doctoral degrees in educational administration from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.