Author: Jessica Williams
- About 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
Innovative RSD planning process enters final month: public weighs in on needed changes
OPSB updates plan to rid Audubon Charter soils of sky-high lead contamination
Louisiana charter schools group posts online library of applicable laws and regulations
Lens' Gert Town investigation draws IG attention; city review met with resistance
Rethinkers ink pact with RSD and ARAMARK to use local food in 37 school cafeterias
OPSB blames co-defendant as teachers seek compensation for 2006 mass firings
More names surface to succeed Pastorek as Louisiana's superintendent of education
Dejean kept Gert Town board in the dark, ex-chairman of secretive non-profit contends
Why the secrecy? Gert Town community agency won't show how it's spending lawsuit windfall
Five years after the Gert Town neighborhood started collecting $404,000 for community renewal, the non-profit dispensing the cash refuses to give residents an accounting of how it’s being spent.
