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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.

Brady’s room: One family navigates special education in New Orleans

June 26, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Brady LaFleur, who has autism and Down syndrome, has spent much of the last year learning one-on-one in a special room in the old McDonogh 35 building. Now the building is being gutted. Brady needs a new space to accommodate him, and the school district isn’t going to find it for him.

Harney charter school withheld employees retirement funds for months

June 20, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
A similar case in Maryland resulted in a federal theft conviction.

Week in Review: Documents provide new insight on Entergy’s astroturfing campaign

June 16, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

No public discussion or vote as Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy picks new leader

June 15, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Five-candidate list of contenders also kept from public review.

District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse

June 6, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Week in Review: Super Bowl 2024; Are “super-natives” loving the city to death?

June 2, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Reporter Charles Maldonado received an award for his investigation into fake subpoenas.

Responding to parents, Orleans Parish school district agrees to run Cypress Academy for two years

May 30, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
If the school closes after the 2019-20 school year, students would get priority in the citywide enrollment lottery.

Live coverage: Cypress parents meet with Orleans Parish school district officials to discuss future of their charter school

May 24, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The school district says it will step in to run the school next year so the financially struggling school doesn’t close.

Two days after parents learned Cypress Academy will close, parish superintendent decides to keep it open

May 22, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The charter school told parents Sunday it would close for good this week.

Parents get three days’ notice that Cypress Academy will close at the end of the school year

May 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Students will be transferred to another charter network.

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