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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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NOLA Public Schools to present charter renewal slate Tuesday
One-third of the 18 schools up for renewal have D or F letter grades.
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Nearly half of NOLA Public Schools campuses have a COVID-19 case, 839 quarantining
Two schools reported more than 100 people quarantining.
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OPSB approves $70k to continue ‘Safe Routes to School’ work with city
The program provides crossing guards and trains P.E. teachers to educate students on traffic safety.
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Some schools pivot to virtual as third wave of COVID-19 cases strikes
Cases in schools tripled last week as officials urged caution over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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COVID-19 cases more than triple in New Orleans schools, 716 quarantining
The district is tracking 54 active cases across 27 schools.
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Religious schools that took federal pandemic aid now subject to more federal anti-discrimination suits
A 13-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and her mother are suing two New Orleans Catholic schools for allegedly refusing to admit or accommodate her. Their lawyer says that because the schools took PPP loans, they lost their religious exemptions to many federal requirements.
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OPSB equity audit underway, 3 schools earn automatic renewal
Officials also discussed the process for school renaming at a Tuesday OPSB committee meeting.
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Study: Families benefit from more school information when applying to OneApp
The researchers provided some families with growth data, a relatively new state measure that accounts for student academic growth year over year.
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‘No indication’ COVID-19 spreading in NOLA Public Schools classrooms, city officials say
The New Orleans school district announced 12 new cases in staff and students at its Thursday update.