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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.

Religious schools that took federal pandemic aid now subject to more federal anti-discrimination suits

November 19, 2020 Updated November 19, 2020
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.

OPSB equity audit underway, 3 schools earn automatic renewal

November 17, 2020 Updated November 17, 2020
Officials also discussed the process for school renaming at a Tuesday OPSB committee meeting.

Study: Families benefit from more school information when applying to OneApp

November 17, 2020 Updated November 17, 2020
The researchers provided some families with growth data, a relatively new state measure that accounts for student academic growth year over year.

‘No indication’ COVID-19 spreading in NOLA Public Schools classrooms, city officials say

November 12, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
The New Orleans school district announced 12 new cases in staff and students at its Thursday update.

In final year of charter contracts, selective schools again sit out OneApp

November 12, 2020 Updated November 12, 2020
Officials say they aren’t required to use the centralized enrollment system until their new contracts begin.

New testimony reveals record-keeping issues at Kennedy HS went back years

November 10, 2020 Updated November 12, 2020
Staff malfeasance and record-keeping issues caused problems for Kennedy's class of 2019.

NOLA Public Schools reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, 160 quarantining

November 5, 2020 Updated November 5, 2020
Ten total ‘active’ cases connected to New Orleans public schools, according to the district’s weekly update.

Brown, Parker win OPSB seats, and five other races head to runoff

November 4, 2020 Updated November 4, 2020
Incumbent Leslie Ellison just missed the majority required to avoid the runoff.

Many NOLA Public Schools closed on Election Day

November 2, 2020 Updated November 2, 2020
Some schools had a planned holiday while others assess damage and phone and internet outages.

NOLA Public Schools closed Monday due to Hurricane Zeta damage, power issues

November 1, 2020 Updated November 1, 2020
The district will announce plans for the remainder of the week on Monday.

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