82 percent of school-zone lights in New Orleans work now, the most we’ve seen
There was a big improvement last fall when the city announced an expansion of traffic enforcement cameras.
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.
Superintendent says closing Mahalia Jackson would return building to its original use: a community center
Henderson Lewis Jr. has said the school should be closed because of under-enrollment. Wednesday night, he focused on the building.
Live blog: School district officials explain plan to close Mahalia Jackson Elementary
The superintendent wants to close the school; the board has delayed a decision.
Nepotism cases against two New Orleans charter school leaders have dragged on for years
In 2012 and 2014, the state ethics board charged Paulette Bruno and Doris Roché-Hicks with breaking state law because five family members worked at charter schools they run. Years later, the charges remain unresolved.
Charter board delays action on Coghill teachers’ request for union recognition
It's the fifth school to undergo a union drive in recent years.
At Mahalia Jackson, parents lurch from chartering to closure to uncertainty
First it was a charter effort. Then they were told it would close. Now they don’t know.
ExCEED withdraws applications to charter remaining traditional schools in New Orleans
The superintendent was scheduled to make a recommendation on the applications Thursday.
Louisiana families must give up special education rights for school vouchers
The New York Times reports that some families around the country don’t know this until they’re already in a private school.
Orleans school board committee votes to close Mahalia Jackson
The school is growing, but district staff say it's not meeting enrollment goals.
How enrollment factored in the closure of Mahalia Jackson Elementary
A group has been trying to charter it. Now the school district wants to shut it down.
