Some schools offer counseling and specialized teaching for their most troubled students.
Author Archives: Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams stays on top of the city's loosely organized collection of public schools, with a special emphasis on charter schools. In 2011 she was recognized by the Press Club of New Orleans for her reporting on charter school transparency and governance. In 2012, she was part of a team that received a National Edward R. Murrow Award for their work following a New Orleans family's recovery after Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from Edna Karr Secondary School in Algiers, and she obtained her bachelor
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Audio: ReNEW program takes extra steps to teach its most troubled students
Trained in counseling and special ed, the teachers know how to deal with kids in crisis.
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Radio show erupts into argument between Orleans Parish School Board members
Ira Thomas and Nolan Marshall Jr. accuse one another of misdeeds involving school contracts.
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Recovery School District’s budget shrinks as it shifts to all-charter district
Construction costs have remained steady.
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Craig Charter paying off $705,000 King loan
More than a third is paid off in first year of 10-year, interest-free loan.
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Cowen report: Younger children do better on state standardized tests this year
Tracking results over three years, students generally tend to do worse as they get older, study finds.
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Akili curriculum director to become principal
Former principal was moved into classroom after drop in overall school score.
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Recovery School District charters inching past historic top-performers in New Orleans
Schools run by the Orleans Parish School Board have been the top performers on standardized tests. That continued this year, but several charters in the Recovery School District inched past them. The challenge: Replicating what’s working.
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Groups behind civil rights complaint call for resignation of state schools chief
Superintendent White charges that the groups attacking him are more interested in politics than the education of children.
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Auditor: ReNEW Schools may have broken state law governing teachers’ pensions
Teachers at some schools were assigned to the state pension system under Reed Elementary, where they didn’t work.