Jess Clark
Education and Learning ReporterJess is LPM's Education and Learning Reporter. Jess has reported on K-12 education for public radio audiences for the past five years, from the swamps of Southeast Louisiana at WWNO, New Orleans Public Radio, to the mountains of North Carolina at WUNC in Chapel Hill. Her stories have aired on national programs and podcasts, including NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition, Here & Now and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. A Louisville native, Jess has her bachelor's degree from Centre College, and her masters in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Email Jess at jclark@lpm.org.
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Members of a JCPS community racial equity committee say magnet transportation cuts failed to pass muster in multiple reviews. They’re questioning how the district can claim it “passed.”
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Just days before a vote on cuts to magnet transportation, JCPS is asking for community feedback on their plan.
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The NAACP of Louisville is warning it could withdraw its support for Jefferson County Public Schools' new student assignment plan if the board moves forward with proposed cuts to magnet transportation.
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For months, Jefferson County Public Schools has been withholding communications between top staff during the bus debacle on the first day of classes. Louisville Public Media is suing to get them for the public.
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The GOP-led General Assembly is sending a question to voters that could change the trajectory of education in Kentucky. For better or for worse? It depends on who you ask.
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A divisive measure that would allow state lawmakers to fund private schools and charter schools passed the state House Wednesday.
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Republican state House leaders called a last-minute meeting Tuesday to consider one of the most divisive measures of the session.
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A mentoring program for new teachers would get funding in a bill advancing in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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A proposed task force to study “alternatives” to JCPS’ governance structure sparked tense debate and dueling charges of racism Tuesday.
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The Kentucky Senate Education Committee moved forward a bill that could create a force of armed veterans and retired police to protect schools.