Author: Marta Jewson

About Marta Jewson: Marta Jewson is an independent reporter based in New Orleans. Marta has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city. She focuses on education, health and climate. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin.

As she prepares to become CEO over both schools, current Einstein principal Shawn Toranto declines to name her successor just yet.

But the board appears poised to hold CEO interviews behind closed doors.

Darleen Mipro pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal trespassing and disturbing the peace on Dec. 3, days after her Nov. 30 firing.

Only five of 18 French teachers now say they are willing to stay at the charter school in 2013-14.

The elementary school currently has 197 students but its leader hopes to enroll 275 next year.

New Beginnings' special ed students fare poorly on state measures when it comes to dropout rates, English and math, official says.

New Beginnings spent $64,000 in Title I money on a teacher who was not qualified to receive the funds, audit says.

Jean-Jacques Grandière's last day of work was Nov. 23, but the school paid him through Jan. 1.

The state requires charter school boards to have a minimum of seven members.

E-rate reimbursement is slow, too, as officials from the federal program review how ReNEW is using the telecommunications dollars.