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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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Weak grading policy prompts district review of all high school promotion plans
One high school administrator said the district told her to change school policy in what may have been an overstep.
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Parents question selective school’s gifted program
Charter schools are not required to offer gifted services. The district’s only ability to force schools to provide gifted services is through its charter contract.
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Plessy Community School to take over Joseph Craig campus
Craig was rated an F by the state last fall and its charter was not renewed.
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Appeals court denies Kennedy HS operator's request to be taken out of graduation scandal lawsuit
The attorney representing the students and families suing the school accused the charter network of delay tactics.
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Initial district reviews of HS student credits detail array of issues
The district adopted new high school review process in the wake of a graduation scandal at John F. Kennedy High School last spring.
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After school bus crash, NOLA Schools Superintendent reports more buses pass inspection
The superintendent has promised increased enforcement of new city code after a December accident. Today he said 86 percent of buses have passed inspection.
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District reviews find Bricolage Academy's special ed services in compliance
The charter school provided two annual reviews after criticism from a group of parents. But a member of that group says the reviews are not comprehensive enough.
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Following objections from school, district reasserts decision not to renew Coghill’s charter
The charter group challenged the outcome of a school board vote earlier this week and also requested the superintendent allow the charter group to keep control of the school.
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‘Sunshine parents’ demand greater special education accountability at Bricolage Academy
Nearly 40 parents delivered a letter to school administrators asking that special education audits be made public.