After it closes next spring, just three traditional schools will remain in the city.
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.
Posted inSchools
Mahalia Jackson Elementary is one step away from closing at the end of the school year
A board committee voted to close the school and hand the building over to Dryades YMCA, which operates a nearby charter school.
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School board considers closing Mahalia Jackson school, offering building to Dryades YMCA
Dryades would move younger students at James M. Singleton Charter School to the site.
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Compare 2017 school performance scores for New Orleans schools
Schools run by the Orleans Parish School Board and the Recovery School District received a C this year.
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State warns International High School for making it hard for students to enroll
This is the second time in two years the school has been cited for enrollment violations.
Posted inInvestigations, Schools
School drinking water will be tested for lead — after filters are installed to remove it
If the filters are installed properly, the tests should not detect any lead. School leaders decided not to test the water before installing filters.
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Orleans Parish School Board plans to spend $800,000 on filters to remove lead from water
School officials planned to test water, but they changed course after the water board raised questions.
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KIPP Leadership employee falsified records to admit children too young for kindergarten
The children can stay, but the state won’t pay for their education this year.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
Judge orders Orleans Parish DA’s office to turn over some fake subpoenas to The Lens
He said The Lens’ request for documents issued over 16 months wasn’t unreasonable.
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Collegiate Academies didn’t track employee background checks for three years
In two cases, auditors couldn’t find evidence that background checks had been conducted.