The board met with its lawyers for an hour but did not take public comment.
Author Archives: 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.
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Nearly 3,000 NOLA Public Schools staff vaccinated
COVID-19 cases connected to schools remain low.
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NOLA Public Schools hopes to pilot ‘Early Warning System’ aimed at keeping students in school
Student data can help identify those in trouble of not graduating on time.
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Over 1,500 New Orleans school staff receive vaccine as cases connected to local schools remain low
NOLA Public Schools district expects 3,000 staffers to have gotten their first doses by the end of this week.
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Police investigating alleged embezzlement at Warren Easton Charter High School
Financial audit accuses a former employee of stealing $70,000 from student activity funds.
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NOLA Public Schools warns Rooted School over grading scale
Over its first four years, Rooted used a grading scale that did not include ‘D’s. That changed Monday.
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1,000 teachers to be vaccinated this week, district officials say
The district has conducted 850 truancy checks amid the pandemic, as enrollment and attendance are down.
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NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases drop after holiday as high school students return to campus
Teachers are newly eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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NOLA Public Schools reopen campuses Monday; teachers to be added to vaccine eligibility list
School staff will be eligible for vaccination beginning next week.
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NOLA Public Schools’ COVID-19 tracker upgrade reveals additional cases
The district recently changed its public reporting system to show a cumulative case count among students and staff for the school year.