With expected privatization of McDonogh 35, New Orleans is poised to become an all-charter city
By handing over McDonogh 35 to a contractor, the city will no longer have any direct-run schools in 2019. The board votes Thursday.
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.
Baby Ben won’t admit new pre-K students next year
The formerly district-run school converted to a charter school over the summer.
McDonogh 35 alumni board fears charter group takeover
The school district is expected to make an announcement about the future of McDonogh 35 Senior High School this week.
Teachers must re-apply for jobs to close out Harney’s school year
The Orleans Parish school district plans to take over the embattled charter school next month and operate it through the spring. But the district is not guaranteeing it will retain the school's current staff. Interviews started this week.
Behind The Lens episode 10: ‘We’ve been fighting BP for years’
Video of a drug bust leads to renewed questions about the city’s sprawling surveillance network. Producer Tom Wright hears from people who were left ill after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Harney governing board votes to negotiate surrender of school’s charter
The Orleans Schools Superintendent has called for the school to close. District expected to run the school directly through the end of the year following the end of its charter.
Week in Review: Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans
One-quarter of city schools now have filters to remove lead from water
The installations won’t be done until the spring of 2019, nearly three years after the school districts first promised to test for lead.
Harney charter board fires principal in meeting that may have violated Open Meetings Law
Orleans school district superintendent is in the process of revoking Harney’s charter. The school will close this spring. Harney's lawyer denies sunshine law violations at Friday meeting.
