In the Media

• Julie Hitch, Michelle Nusinov, and Ryan Ruyle from the middle school team were interviewed about their work in distance learning by Leading Educators, a content professional development partner of Morris Jeff for the last two years.
• Founding parent Jennifer Weishaupt shares her family’s love of our school in a Mid-City Public Schools series. (March 11, 2020, Mid-City Messenger)
• Morris Jeff Community School teachers’ union inks three-year contract (February 10, 2020)
• See our celebration of Inclusive Schools Week in a video created by Elementary Music Teacher Steven Kennedy (December 2, 2019)
• When Great Schools Grow: School Expansion Opens Opportunities (January 7, 2020)
• Photos: Love, hugs and jitters start the first day of classes at Morris Jeff Community School in New Orleans (August 5, 2019)
• Morris Jeff Community School is authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (November 24, 2018)
• New Orleans school elects first male homecoming queen (November 12, 2018)
• Century Foundation releases a case study on Morris Jeff Community School at their Diversity Matters: Getting Public School Choice Right event in Washington, DC, where Ms. Perkins participated on a panel of charter school leaders. (May 15, 2018)
• Morris Jeff students call for stricter gun laws in National Walk Out Day (Mid-City Messenger, March 14, 2018)
• Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell answers our second grader’s letters in a live Facebook broadcast (LaToya for NOLA, March 13, 2018)
• 5th Grade Teacher Matthew Tuttle participates in a WWL-TV panel discussion on school safety (March 12, 2018)
• Morris Jeff wins Absolute Achievement, Elementary Award at the 2018 New Orleans Public Education Awards (March 3, 2018)
• Morris Jeff students tackle local, global issues in annual exhibition (Mid-City Messenger, March 1, 2018)
• US Secretary of Education John B. King cites Morris Jeff in his proposal of new federal school integration grants (Feb. 11, 2016)
• Morris Jeff wins the Innovative Approaches to School Design and Delivery Award at the 2015 New Orleans Public Education Awards (Nov. 9, 2015)
• Mrs. Perkins quoted in the Sunday New York Times (New York Times, August 23, 2015)
• See our 5th Grade PYP Exhibition process in a video by Matthew Tuttle (June 17, 2015)
• Our school is mentioned by the Washington Post as an example of an innovative pre-K that reduces racial segregation and produces great academic results. (The Washington Post, April 29, 2015)
• Click here to read the about our wonderful (and soggy) playground build day (The Times-Picayune, Sunday April 18, 2015)
• Andre Perry writes about Morris Jeff’s Commitment to Community (The Hechinger Report, April 14, 2015)
• New Morris Jeff Community School has everything kids need except a playground (The Times-Picayune, Sunday Jan. 25th, 2015)
• A mid-year move for Morris Jeff school is just part of continuing shuffle (The Lens, Friday Jan. 23rd, 2015)
• Morris Jeff Parent discusses her school choices on a panel on school choice in New Orleans (Times-Picayune, Jan. 15, 2015)
• US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan mentioned Morris Jeff as an important piece in the puzzle of solving segregation in New Orleans Public Schools (Times-Picayune, Dec. 11, 2014)
• Morris Jeff mentioned in the Sunday New York Times as one of a select few charter schools in the nation successfully working to “promote social mobility” and “social cohesion.” (New York Times, Aug. 30, 2014)
• We were recognized for our commitment to serving a diverse student body by several media outlets: Some Charter Schools Aim to Break Old Patterns” (The New Orleans Advocate), In New Orleans And Nationally, A Growing Number Of Charter Schools Aspire To Be ‘Diverse By Design’ (WWNO FM), Could the International Baccalaureate be a Tool for Integrating Students? (New York Times)
• Our staff have worked extremely hard to align our curriculum with the Common Core State Standards (June 18, 2014)
• We became a founding member of the National Coalition for Diverse Charter Schools. (July 1, 2014)
• We became the first charter school in the city to formally recognize the importance of educator participation in school decisions with the recognition of the Morris Jeff Association of Educators. (WWNO Radio, March 21, 2014)