Schools can start providing special education help now to make up for COVID-19 closures, state says
State wants local officials to prepare to provide compensatory services for students affected by statewide school closures.
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.
School board will examine its ban on renaming schools
Slave owner John McDonogh endowed New Orleans’ schools and many buildings are still named after him.
Language immersion schools anticipated shortages before Trump visa ban
“Widespread negative effects are imminent to both individual schools and entire school systems,” the June 11 memo said.
State Department of Education releases guidelines on reopening schools
What school actually looks like will depend on how far along the state is in its reopening process.
President Trump’s visa ban could keep 72 teachers from Louisiana schools
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is one of several schools that use foreign teachers in their French curriculum school.
Minimizing health risks a top priority in reopening, district survey shows
Twenty percent of parents surveyed say they won’t be able to make staggered in-person class schedules work in the fall. Many parents want a remote-learning option even if school buildings reopen.
Fifteen black-led New Orleans charter school groups make Juneteenth paid holiday
‘We want to make sure we are protecting our youth and especially inspiring them around their culture,’ one school leader said.
After months of delay in Kennedy HS class-action suit, plaintiffs ask judge to force school to move on evidence production
Lawyer says the school has been using federal privacy laws to avoid records requests and will not agree to a procedure allowing students to waive those protections. Kennedy’s charter group will relinquish the school next month.
Orleans Parish School Board selects interim member, approves proposal to create racial equity plan
The board selected Grisela Jackson to serve out the final seven months of Ben Kleban’s term.
Orleans school district prepares to take over Coghill charter, but lawsuit challenging move lingers
The federal suit, filed by Coghill’s charter group to stop the takeover, is not scheduled to go to trial until September, months after the district is scheduled to convert it into a direct-run school.
