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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

Department of Education shrugs off Friends of King’s open-meetings violation

February 5, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
The school didn't notify the public before a retreat that included seven of its nine board members.

Crescent City Schools may take over City Park Academy as principal retires

January 29, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
McDonogh City Park Academy would be the second addition to the Crescent City Schools network in as many years.

Two charter organizations spent about $250,000 on out-of-state professional training

January 24, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Algiers Charter Schools Association staff went on 19 trips over four years, including five out of state that cost $113,000. And new figures from KIPP New Orleans Schools show that it spent $133,000 on its trip to Las Vegas. All told, The Lens has added up $316,000 in travel for three charter organizations.

Q & A: Nolan Marshall Jr. says he aims to build consensus as OPSB president

January 21, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
He also discussed charter school oversight and changing the makeup of the board.

Unauthorized credit card use among issues faulted by OPSB auditors

January 15, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Another problem: OPSB computer program automatically adjusted staff seniority to reflect pay grades, regardless of actual years of service.

State flags standardized test problems at 17 New Orleans schools in 2012-13

January 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Most of the problems were small-scale plagiarism, according to a report.

RSD’s school closure process has uneven effect on students at failing schools

January 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Based on 2013 test scores, are the students who left the Recovery School District’s four failing schools in better academic environments than before? If they left Mays and Henderson, they generally are. But not if they left Abramson and Johnson.

You want local, elected school boards? Charter-based voting would do it

January 7, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Other states are pioneering different ways of bringing electoral control to charter school management. Would they work here?

Crescent City Schools board loosens rules on midyear budget adjustments

December 30, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
But the board didn't comply with state law when it failed to solicit public comment before two votes.

KIPP rejects move to Orleans Parish School Board; strong reserves projected

December 27, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

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