The former University of New Orleans chancellor was the board’s chairman.
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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ARISE school board fails to get a quorum for meeting
Two members wanted to participate by phone, but that’s illegal.
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Two members leave New Beginnings board
Governing body for four charter schools falls below state-mandated seven members.
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McDonogh City Park exceeds enrollment targets
School’s board hears suggestion to opt out of state teachers retirement system.
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State flags open meetings violation by New Beginnings charter school board
Public wasn’t allowed to comment on individual items before the board in a June meeting.
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Potential Course Choice ‘loophole’ concerns Ben Franklin leaders
School CEO worried that Franklin’s reputation could be devalued.
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Bricolage ready for its first year of operation
Parents will get to ride buses with students for the opening day of school Monday.
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Lake Area New Tech principal resigns in first week of classes
New Beginnings charter system’s personnel turmoil continues.
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Lycée board unanimously OKs new member
Mary Jacobs Jones, who was rejected for board membership in April, approved at meeting Monday night.
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Lycée Français hires new academic director
Marina Schoen, a long-time Orleans Parish educator, picked as the school’s administrative shake-up continues.