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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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State education officials are investigating an incident in which a 9-year-old was handcuffed at school
The security company said it was necessary to protect the boy; the state questions whether it was appropriate.
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Joseph A. Craig Charter School broke state law by suspending student who seemed depressed
The school told the boy’s mother that he couldn’t return to school until he had seen a psychiatrist.
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Coghill teachers are the latest to unionize at a New Orleans charter school
It’s the fifth charter where employees have sought union recognition in the post-Katrina era.
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School district outlines ethical safeguards after Lens report on ties between central office and charter group
Orleans Parish School Board members don’t appear concerned about the employees’ involvement in a charter application.
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State says ReNEW Schools broke law by meeting privately to interview CEO candidates
ReNEW was formally notified of the violation Tuesday.
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Orleans Parish school district broke state rules by extending charter application deadline without permission
The schedule was set by the state board of education, and districts had to get permission to divert from it.
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ReNEW Schools board set to hire Kevin Guitterrez as CEO at meeting tonight
Until now, the selection process has taken place in private, which appears to violate the state Open Meetings Law.
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Two options for Gentilly Terrace building: French-immersion school or program for students with behavioral problems
The neighborhood association is pushing for Audubon Charter School, which wants to open a second location.
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School district employees’ involvement in charter application raises questions of conflict of interest
The employee who supervised the last five traditional public schools in the city just quit her job to become CEO of ExCEED, a group that wants to turn them into charters. Four of the people who used to work for her, and still work for the district, are named in its application.