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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.

At least one New Orleans school shuts in-person classes down due to rising COVID-19 numbers, staff exposures

January 4, 2021 Updated January 4, 2021
School CEO says it is ‘unwise’ and ‘unethical’ to continue to operate as normal now that the city’s daily case counts and positivity rate have surpassed limits set in the fall.

Orleans Parish School Board unanimously rejects six Folgers tax breaks

December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020
Officials said the district could not “fiscally tolerate” any additional financial loss during the pandemic. Earlier, the N.O. City Council delayed a vote on most of the exemptions.

COVID-19 cases hold steady in NOLA Public Schools, 769 people quarantining

December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020
Officials cautioned New Orleanians to keep holiday gatherings small so school can reopen in-person after the holiday break.

NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining

December 10, 2020 Updated December 10, 2020
The cases are spread across 44 campuses, more than half the city's public schools.

NOLA Public Schools declines to renew Crocker College Prep; 17 charters win new contracts

December 8, 2020 Updated December 8, 2020
Crocker was one of five schools with academic results that triggered ‘comprehensive review,’ a process that was expanded during the pandemic.

Study: OneApp’s half-mile ‘priority’ is more likely to benefit white, higher-income students

December 8, 2020 Updated December 9, 2020
About 15 percent of high-income kindergarten applicants had the priority for a high-demand school, compared to 8.7 percent of low-income applicants.

J.C. Romero tops OPSB incumbent Leslie Ellison in school board races

December 5, 2020 Updated December 5, 2020
Ellison lost by 10 points after nearly winning outright in November.

NOLA Public Schools to present charter renewal slate Tuesday

December 4, 2020 Updated December 4, 2020
One-third of the 18 schools up for renewal have D or F letter grades.

Nearly half of NOLA Public Schools campuses have a COVID-19 case, 839 quarantining

December 3, 2020 Updated December 3, 2020
Two schools reported more than 100 people quarantining.

OPSB approves $70k to continue ‘Safe Routes to School’ work with city

November 27, 2020 Updated November 24, 2020
The program provides crossing guards and trains P.E. teachers to educate students on traffic safety.

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