Marta Jewson, Author at The Lens

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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.

Schools

Historic switch today to School Board highlights changes in New Orleans schools

by Marta JewsonJuly 1, 2015November 7, 2019

MLK charter is the first eligible school to choose Orleans Parish School Board oversight.

Schools

Lusher asks Attorney General if it must release the name of its admissions test

by Marta JewsonJune 22, 2015November 7, 2019

CEO Kathy Riedlinger says some parents could gain access to the test if they know its name.

Schools

ReNEW CEO encouraged retesting of students so network could get grant

by Marta JewsonJune 19, 2015November 7, 2019

Two school leaders at SciTech resigned last month for testing irregularities.

Inside the News Room

Lens asks judge to reconsider his ruling in public-records case against city and mayor

by Marta JewsonJune 15, 2015November 7, 2019

Civil District Court judge said the law is not “hard, fast and definite.”

Schools

Orleans Parish schools superintendent to give direct-run schools more autonomy

by Marta JewsonJune 15, 2015November 7, 2019

With only five traditional schools left, new chief is cutting central office staff.

Government & Politics, Schools

Most school lights in New Orleans are still broken despite city’s efforts

by Marta JewsonJune 5, 2015August 25, 2022

Four months after The Lens reported that 60 percent of school-zone lights in the city were broken, little progress has been made. Our latest survey, done in mid-May, showed an improvement of just 9 lights. The city promises to fix them all by the start of school. It made the same promise two years ago.

Schools