Noreen Winningham is on loan to the University of Chicago's Center for Elementary Mathematics and K-12 Science Education (CEMSE) from School District 65 (Evanston, Illinois). At the U of C, Winningham is the main author for the 5th grade teacher and student materials for the third edition of Everyday Mathematics. She is a member of the author team for the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) secondary component PreTransitions textbook, and is a member of the In-School Support Team for the CEMSE Outreach Program's Chicago Public Schools restructured schools grant. Before coming to the University of Chicago, Winningham was an elementary/middle school teacher and administrator for eighteen years and a private consultant to elementary school districts in 25 U.S. states, France, and Belgium for the prior ten years. Winningham’s past work includes the design and management of programming for the integration of the arts into the basic curriculum and the design and delivery of teacher professional development in mathematics and computer technology. She has authored a number of pamphlets and texts, including Reading Olympics, published by Prurock Press. She also has been part of numerous research projects focusing on developing mathematics curriculum for the elementary school. Winningham holds K-9 teaching, general administration, and superintendent certificates, an undergraduate degree in communication/computer science, a masters in elementary instruction, and a doctorate in educational leadership.