A week after its third campus leader stepped down, Lagniappe Academies’ board is putting the fate of the soon-to-close charter school in the hands of its remaining employees.
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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Another school leader at Lagniappe Academies leaves in wake of critical report
Teachers submitted petition seeking the latest resignation.
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With just months left, staff seeks resignation of Lagniappe interim principal
Temporary leader was part of the problem that got school closed, teachers say.
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Principals discuss study that found charters tried to exclude some students
New report shows school leaders admitted to screening students to get the best.
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Two schools lose charters, but fates of their students are starkly different
The state school board recently decided that two New Orleans charter schools were failing their children so badly that their contracts wouldn’t be renewed after this academic year. But there’s a remarkable difference in what will happen to the students at these two sites.
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One of nine holdouts from the OneApp enrollment system considers joining early
Sci High’s board will discuss the matter at Thursday board meeting; change would come one year early
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Lagniappe Academies doesn’t have money to fight state school board over renewal
Also, board members say that even a successful lawsuit likely would stretch past next academic year’s start.
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Parents try to explain to son why his beloved school is being closed
How do you tell a kindergartener that his school is closing? Anthony and Alicia Parker, both 29, had to have that discussion with their 5-year-old son Anthony Jr. last week. On Friday, the state school board closed the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade Lagniappe Academies, effective at the end of this school year.
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School Board puts off contract vote for superintendent to discuss details
Members discussed comparing proposed $180,000 base salary to other parishes and charter schools.
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Infestation of bats forces KIPP elementary to cancel classes, move to temporary site
School official hopes to have everyone back to Banneker building in a month.