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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.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
International High School argues that feds can’t oversee union effort by teachers
Like Lusher, officials are resisting a faculty effort to unionize.
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Algiers charter network hires interim CEO to stay on without interviewing others
Board received applications from 22 people who were deemed qualified.
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Labor board says Lusher teachers will vote next week on joining union
Elections will be held at both campuses on May 17.
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Einstein’s Village de l’Est campus closed because of asbestos concerns
Thirteen of 15 dust samples tested positive for asbestos, but the results are preliminary.
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Some teachers at International High asking federal labor board to hold union vote
Union organizers approached national board after they say the school gave them the cold shoulder.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Lusher questions whether federal labor board should be involved in union election
School attorneys argue the board is a political subdivision of state, not subject to federal oversight. That’s counter to an earlier argument.
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Algiers Charter Association gets 22 applicants for new CEO, public meeting expected
Also, board members decline to discuss the four administrators suspended with pay after a cheating investigation.
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Three Algiers charter officials now off payroll after cheating investigation
Larger-than-usual paychecks were cut recently, then they were taken off next payroll.
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Lusher board passes resolution to stay neutral toward teachers union effort
Members say they want faculty members to decide the issue through a vote.