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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.

NOLA Public Schools adopts CDC’s guidelines lowering distancing requirements

March 22, 2021 Updated March 22, 2021
Cases among school staff, students remain low in the latest district update.

OPSB supports legislation giving superintendent less power in state law

March 19, 2021 Updated March 19, 2021
If Bouie’s bill passes with an OPSB-proposed amendment, the board would have more power. But nothing would necessarily change.

New Orleans lawmaker’s bill could give Orleans Parish School Board more say in charter contracts

March 16, 2021 Updated March 19, 2021
OPSB members talk finances, ongoing high school audit work at Tuesday meeting.

NOLA Public Schools: Two charter networks violated state law on background checks

March 16, 2021 Updated March 16, 2021
The district required the schools to terminate the employee.

COVID-19 cases in schools tick up and quarantines triple over last week

March 15, 2021 Updated March 15, 2021
Officials said more than 3,300 educators have been vaccinated through district partnerships.

State standardized testing returns to campus next month in-person

March 15, 2021 Updated March 15, 2021
Virtual students must test on campus but some schools are offering expanded options.

Bricolage Academy board takes first look at educators’ union drive

March 10, 2021 Updated March 13, 2021
The board met with its lawyers for an hour but did not take public comment.

Nearly 3,000 NOLA Public Schools staff vaccinated

March 8, 2021 Updated March 8, 2021

NOLA Public Schools hopes to pilot ‘Early Warning System’ aimed at keeping students in school

March 3, 2021 Updated March 5, 2021
Student data can help identify those in trouble of not graduating on time.

Over 1,500 New Orleans school staff receive vaccine as cases connected to local schools remain low

March 2, 2021 Updated March 2, 2021
NOLA Public Schools district expects 3,000 staffers to have gotten their first doses by the end of this week.

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