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.

Gov. John Bel Edwards is likely to override their 13-2 vote rejecting adding the shot to the list.

Decreasing enrollment, facility upkeep and financial effects of COVID-19 are all factors.

State and federal match programs could grow the program even more.

The variant has not been found locally yet but has spread to several countries in Europe and Africa and was found in Canada over the weekend.

The NOLA Public Schools district reported 46 ‘active’ cases among staff and students this week, down slightly from 50 last week.

Four other charter schools that did not meet renewal standards earned three-year contract renewals.

In a demand letter, a group says the board's use of 'study groups,' meeting in private, in the renaming process violates state law.

The district will require six months of independent special education monitoring at the same time it attempts to exit its own federal monitoring.

District looks to harden its emergency response plans after Hurricane Ida review.

The NOLA Public Schools district is hosting several vaccination events over the next week for children 5 and older.

Our reporting has more urgency than ever.