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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.

Three groups apply to run McDonogh 35 Senior High School

March 28, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Smothers Academy, a charter in Jefferson, is the only long-term applicant to operate the high school.

Einstein Charter Schools drops opposition to busing students after school district threatens to pull charters

March 27, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
A board member said they didn’t think parents wanted busing, but after talking with them, concluded that’s not true.

Einstein could lose two charter schools over its busing dispute with the school district

March 19, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The school district could look for another organization to run the schools or let one start up new schools in their place.

Harney charter school is in trouble with the Orleans Parish school district for financial management

March 16, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The school district wants to know whether it still has a side contract with its chief financial officer, which is the subject of a state ethics investigation.

Plessy Community School hires interim head of school for permanent post

March 16, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Larisa Gray turned down the job, so Meghan Raychaudhuri will assume the top spot permanently.

Orleans Parish School district must pay $12 million to students who attended school atop hazardous waste site

March 8, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Students will get about $1,000 for each year they attended, but the school board has decided not to pay any judgments this school year.

ReNEW Schools will get its fourth CEO in just over two years

February 27, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Kevin Guitterrez said he hasn’t been able to execute the changes needed at the charter network.

Lots of questions, few answers about plan to phase out McDonogh 35 and start up a new school in its place

February 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The superintendent says the school is not shutting down. The school district says the new school must keep the McDonogh 35 name.

Singleton Charter School gets official warning for standardized test cheating, other irregularities

February 16, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
The Y has changed its tune after denying the problem last fall.

Orleans Parish school district plans to shut down McDonogh 35 and start over with a new, privately operated school with the same name

February 8, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Starting this fall, New Orleans’ school board won’t actually run any schools in the city.

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