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.

New review process prevented inclusion on the applications that were made available last week.

Town-hall meeting is designed to let parents bring concerns straight to the superintendent.

Charter board leaders will decide in coming months whether to switch for 2016-17 school year.

New leaders to have sixth of seven parents meetings to hear concerns.

Schools with just ninth through 12th grade received letter grades.

Town-hall-style event is part of series of meetings in each of seven school districts.

Henderson Lewis continues his listening tour of all seven city school districts.

Our reporting has more urgency than ever.