Democrats for Education Reform

Previously, Joe covered the New York City schools system for the New York Daily News. As an education reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Joe won numerous local, state, and national awards for his coverage of the Milwaukee Public Schools and that city's groundbreaking school choice programs. Joe lives in New York City with his wife and two children, both of whom attend city public schools.

(Note: Joe is not the same Joe Williams that is pictured here. One of the Joe's is much cooler than the other.)

Joe has contributed book chapters, articles and reports on numerous education-reform related topics:

-- Education Next, "Who got the raw deal in Gotham," Winter 2005.

-- Education Sector, "L.A. Story: Can a Parent Revolution Change Urban Education's Power Structure?" July 2006.

-- Education Next, "Games Charter Opponents Play," Winter 2007.

-- Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, "The Politics of NOT Implementing an Adequacy Judgement: The Case of New York," October 2005.

-- Education Sector, "Echo Chamber: The National Education Association's Campaign Against NCLB," July 2006.

-- Education Sector, "Extreme Makeover: Two Failing San Diego Schools Get New Start As Charters," November 2006.

-- Education Next, "The Legal Cash Machine," Summer 2005.

-- Education Next, "An Education Mayor Takes Charge," Fall 2005.

-- Hechinger Institute On Education and The Media, "From Contracts to Classrooms: Covering Teachers Unions," Spring 2007.

-- Education Next, "Breaking The Mold: How Do School Entrepreneurs Create Change," Spring 2006.