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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After years of community discussion, the Jefferson County Board of Education settled on a $2 million plan to expand the district’s internal police force. It’s much bigger than expected. -
Despite board promises to consider start times that better align with student sleep patterns, JCPS staff want no changes next year. -
Candidates backed by the teachers union won races in both contested districts -
Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio says he will retire at the end of the school year. -
Jefferson County Public Schools has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, ending a 10-year investigation. -
JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio said under oath that he texted throughout last year’s first day busing crisis, but district officials won’t turn the messages over. -
En la medida que la comunidad multilingüe de JCPS crece, en la Unión Estudiantil Hispana, HSU, los estudiantes latinos de Seneca High School encuentran solidaridad. -
As JCPS’s multilingual community grows, Latino students at Seneca High School are finding solidarity in their Hispanic Student Union.
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After a Jefferson County Public Schools’ botched start last year, parents, students and educators crossed their fingers and headed back to class for the 2024-2025 school year. -
In Louisville, public school students return to class this week — and this year thousands of magnet students will have to find their own way to school after transportation cuts.
