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Marta Jewson is an independent reporter based in New Orleans. Marta has covered city schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment. She focuses on education, health and climate.
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‘Highly Undemocratic’: Five Louisiana Congressional Candidates, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, file for election using disconnected phone numbers

Oct 8, 2026

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Three weeks prior to board vote, Algiers Charter told NOLA Public Schools it would not run L.B. Landry High School beyond 2027

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Bricolage Academy board met despite failing to publicly post agenda

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

The simplest first drafts of history

Sep 7, 2026

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1 min read

New Schools for New Orleans bankrolled KIPP’s closure of Douglass High School, elementary merger

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read

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‘Highly Undemocratic’: Five Louisiana Congressional Candidates, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, file for election using disconnected phone numbers

Declaring a string of 0s as his phone number, Johnson is one of eight candidates with a series 0s or 5s listed as their phone number in their bid for public office.

Oct 8, 2026

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4 min read

Three weeks prior to board vote, Algiers Charter told NOLA Public Schools it would not run L.B. Landry High School beyond 2027

On Sept. 3, three weeks before the charter board’s public vote, Algiers Charter told NOLA Public Schools it did not intend to run L.B. Landry High School past the 2026-27 school year.

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Bricolage Academy board met despite failing to publicly post agenda

The board of directors failed to publicly post an agenda 24 hours in advance of its Tuesday meeting.

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

The simplest first drafts of history

Fifteen years of reporting on New Orleans schools.

Sep 7, 2026

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1 min read

New Schools for New Orleans bankrolled KIPP’s closure of Douglass High School, elementary merger

The education nonprofit committed $600,000 to the city’s largest charter school network after its unannounced vote to close one school and merge another.

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read