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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.

Matthew Kincaid: Strategies that Cede Power to Students

January 15, 2024 Updated January 15, 2024
An excerpt from Matthew Kincaid's new book Freedom Teaching.

Judging a block by its covers

December 8, 2023 Updated May 7, 2024

State releases 2023 school performance scores for New Orleans schools

November 13, 2023 Updated December 1, 2023
The NOLA Public Schools district received a C again this year. Five New Orleans charters received an F.

District: New Orleans school-closure announcements delayed

November 3, 2023 Updated November 8, 2023
The planned Nov. 14 announcements hinged on a Nov. 1 release of state A through F letter grades, which have not yet been issued, NOLA Public Schools officials said.

One in four Orleans charter schools face high-stakes renewals

October 4, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023
District will hold one more meeting, on Thursday. Next month, state-issued grades typically are released.

Mother of young man killed by JPSO deputies sues for body-camera video

September 28, 2023 Updated October 2, 2023
Mallory Cains believes that the footage will show that deputies wrongfully shot her son, Calvin Cains, without giving him a chance to surrender.

NOLA Public Schools erases serious school warnings

August 24, 2023 Updated September 14, 2023
The district changes its practice of posting and keeping the most serious warnings on its website.

‘A Mess’: 55% spike in public-school property insurance

July 25, 2023 Updated July 25, 2023
That’s tens of thousands of dollars per school that could have gone toward educational programs and supplies.

Einstein’s Reed High School resolves last year’s graduation woes, district says

June 26, 2023 Updated June 26, 2023

NOLA Public Schools braces for rising property insurance premiums

June 8, 2023 Updated June 9, 2023
The district’s property insurance increased by nearly 50 percent last year.

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