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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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Majority of New Orleans charter schools agree to common calendar for next school year, district says
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s unclear if students will return to classrooms in the fall.
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Virtual graduations, car parades, schools celebrate the Class of 2020 amid ‘stay-at-home order’
Some schools are planning in-person ceremonies later in the summer, others are awaiting word from local officials on restrictions.
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Annual high school graduation rate data delayed by COVID-19
Certifying graduation data can require school officials to enter buildings and find records, a challenge during the COVID-19 school closure.
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Some New Orleans charter schools receive Payroll Protection loans, others wait to hear
The city’s two largest charter groups were too big to qualify for the program.
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Researchers say COVID-19 school closures could further summer learning loss
Several states, included Louisiana, have shuttered schools until the end of the academic year, leaving some students out of classrooms for five months or more.
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Tulane-affiliated education group gets federal grant to study schools’ response to COVID-19 nationwide
Researchers will study equity, access to classwork during widespread school closures.
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NOLA Public Schools fills third Director of School Accountability spot
The position, which is charged with overseeing a set of charter schools, had been vacant for several months.
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After criticism, Orleans Parish School Board backs off mid-pandemic plan to give superintendent early contract extension
In a virtual board meeting with technical difficulties, the public criticized the lack of process and timing of the proposed move.
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More than a year before his contract ends, school board may consider extension for NOLA Public Schools Superintendent, members say
Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s contract expires next summer. The board may also consider changes to his performance metrics, given the pandemic.