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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.

Orleans schools superintendent calls for criminal investigation into Kennedy High School, announces citywide audit of high school student records

June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
“Due to the careless and reckless actions of the adults you trusted at JFK, you should be celebrating your senior graduation this month, but instead, you have been forced to question the certainty of your future," Lewis said at Thursday's OPSB meeting.

Einstein charter network failed to give students required state social studies exam

June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
No other schools in the state failed to "administer an entire assessment to an entire grade," a state education official said. The exams will be counted as zeroes in Einstein’s state performance score.

Cohen High prepares for move to Harney, now ‘swing-space’

June 24, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Cohen will occupy the Central City campus for two to three years while a new high school is constructed at its current site.

Orleans schools drop plans to install antimicrobial filters, focusing on lead

June 12, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
After nearly a year of delays due to low water pressure issues, the district is giving up on microbe-removing filters and focusing on lead removal.

Orleans schools superintendent considering revocation for Kennedy High School’s charter after grade changes

June 10, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
The charter group recently confirmed diplomas for 67 seniors and is reviewing the status of about 80 more.

Week in Review: Emails show Kennedy HS administrators scrambled to confirm graduates’ eligibility

June 8, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Plus progress, but little information, on a city program to ID 'high-risk' residents. 911, 311 merger 'improper,' state AG says. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.

Emails: Kennedy High School administrators scrambled to confirm graduates’ eligibility, even after graduation day

June 4, 2019 Updated August 23, 2022
Kennedy seniors are still waiting for their diplomas amid a grade-inflation investigation being conducted by the network, Orleans Parish School Board and a state review.

State education department to review Kennedy High School amid grade-inflation investigation

May 31, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Former dump site eyed for school athletic field is under state environmental review

May 31, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
The district wants to trade McDonogh 7, a 142-year-old school, for a HANO site on Earhart. A neighborhood group is suing. And the state is reviewing steps taken to clean contaminants from the HANO site.

Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’

May 28, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Board president says the network is looking into whether graduating seniors will be impacted by results of grade-fixing investigation.

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