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.
BESE falls one vote shy of passing graduation waiver
LEAP testing requirements were waived in 2020 and 2021. Some argued that current seniors deserve the same break.
COVID cases more than double in NOLA Public Schools
More than one-third of the cases came from one high school.
New Orleans voters approve early childhood education tax
The tax will create 1,000 new early childhood seats and a state match could double that to 2,000.
School Board votes to oppose state bill that would change charter school autonomy law
The meeting grew heated at times and several members of the public were asked to leave.
NOLA Public Schools tracking 49 COVID cases
Three charter groups to pilot ‘Early Warning System’
The system will track attendance patterns and alert school leaders to students who are not on track to graduation.
NOLA Public Schools district reports 27 ‘active’ COVID cases, though numbers don’t square with reported positivity
District COVID-19 reporting does not reflect test positivity rate after shift to state metrics.
OPSB approves $300K superintendent contract
Avis Williams, currently the superintendent of Selma City Schools in Alabama, will take the lead at NOLA Public Schools in mid-July.
New NOLA Public Schools superintendent offered $300K per year
The Orleans Parish School Board will vote on its committee’s recommendation at its meeting on Thursday
