But Cannizzaro’s office will continue to search case files for the documents, a spokesman said.
Author Archives: 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.
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ReNEW votes to close McDonogh City Park Academy next spring
All of ReNEW’s schools received D’s and F’s from the state this year.
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Morris Jeff student robotics project takes inspiration from summer floods
Their school, Morris Jeff, was in the middle of the Aug. 5 flood that paralyzed the city and seeped into homes. So when they learned that the subject of a LEGO robot competition was water, they didn’t have to think hard to come up with a problem. Since then, they’ve been working on a solution.
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Orleans Parish School Board to study long bus rides, early pickups
Transportation has been a constant concern for parents who send their kids to charter schools across town.
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State recommends closure of three charter schools in New Orleans
And the local superintendent of schools wants to convert two of his direct-run schools to charters.
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RSD says charter school changed student’s grades to F’s for not attending a summer service program
The program was punishment for fighting. Ten students had their grades changed.
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Study says charter schools don’t have incentives to offer pre-kindergarten programs
There are fewer pre-kindergarten seats in New Orleans than before Katrina.
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Busing dispute at Einstein schools is headed to court
The Orleans Parish School Board says Einstein has to bus its kids. Einstein says it’s enough to give them tokens to ride public transit.
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New Orleans schools will wait longer for filters to screen lead from drinking water
The decision to seek filters that screen microbes has raised the cost and delayed installation.
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State ratings for New Orleans schools are on a three-year slide
School Performance Scores for about 65 percent of schools are down since 2014.