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Author: Marta Jewson

About Marta Jewson
Marta Jewson is an independent reporter based in New Orleans. Marta has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city. She focuses on education, health and climate. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin.

OPSB falls short in votes to overrule superintendent on charter non-renewals

December 19, 2019 Updated December 19, 2019
Votes fail despite large community turnout for both charters. The district plans to run Coghill directly next year. Craig will be taken over by another charter organization.

Lawyer says French Quarter school did not alert parents, waited days to call police after alleged sexual assault

December 18, 2019 Updated December 18, 2019
School CEO says Homer A. Plessy staff always promptly inform parents and authorities after an incident.

Five years after settlement in citywide special education suit, some New Orleans families still struggle for services

December 10, 2019 Updated December 10, 2019
In 2010, after struggling to find accommodations for her son, Kelly Fischer joined other New Orleans parents in a class-action suit. Some parents are still fighting similar battles.

Six charter groups apply to run Craig and Coghill schools; four of them no longer in the running

December 9, 2019 Updated December 9, 2019
The nonprofits that run Joseph A. Craig Charter School and Mary D. Coghill Charter School are likely to lose their charters at the end of the year.

How New Orleans schools’ ‘graduation rate index’ jumped 20 points in one year (Hint: It’s not the same thing as the graduation rate)

December 5, 2019 Updated December 5, 2019
The state's graduation rate index is a part of its rating system. While the state uses the graduation rate to calculate the index score, the two numbers are not the same.

Changes in ACT will allow students to combine best scores beginning in fall 2020

November 29, 2019 Updated November 26, 2019
The ability to take individual subject tests and to combine best scores could help level the playing field between low-income and more affluent students, says an administrator at the city's largest charter operator.

Bricolage Academy narrows CEO search to two candidates, hires interim

November 25, 2019 Updated November 25, 2019
The Esplanade Avenue charter school’s founder and longtime CEO is stepping down at the end of the month to take a new position.

Orleans school board chair to review superintendent’s decision not to renew two charters

November 21, 2019 Updated November 21, 2019
Thursday’s OPSB meeting was packed with protesters opposing district’s plans to end Coghill, Craig charters.

Facing closure or takeover, Coghill’s special education warning extended

November 20, 2019 Updated November 20, 2019
The school failed to provide special education services to nine students and the district extended its August warning which seeks to remedy that.

Facing loss of state funds, Orleans school board votes for property tax ‘roll forward,’ increasing taxes for many residents

November 19, 2019 Updated November 21, 2019
The move is expected to net city schools $15.1 million next year.

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