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Author: Marta Jewson

About Marta Jewson
Marta Jewson covers education in New Orleans for The Lens. She began her reporting career covering charter schools for The Lens and helped found the hyperlocal news site Mid-City Messenger. Jewson returned to New Orleans in the fall of 2014 after covering education for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with majors in journalism and social welfare and a concentration in educational policy studies. Jewson has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment. She was a founding member of the outlet's Charter School Reporting Corps and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city.

Test scores are strong; Clark has seats to fill; $70G in new grants awarded

May 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Budgets raise no questions from public

May 18, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

School bags MFP windfall; band books Saints halftime gig; repairs ongoing

May 17, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Funding cuts and low school scores offset by selection for federal arts program

May 15, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Will repairs be finished in time? Receivables near half-million mark; bylaws revamped

May 3, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Operating costs after move to Frantz site remain a mystery, slowing budget projections

May 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Monthly board meeting canceled because majority of members fail to show up

May 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Planning chief storms out of closed session called to evaluate her performance

April 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Board trims some funding requests but approves four; seeks to develop protocol

April 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Shortage in federal cash for some schools; pre-test results improve

April 16, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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