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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Middle school students said they felt scared walking home, so community adults stepped in to create the after school watch. -
Protesters demanded the Jefferson County Board of Education refuse to comply with new state restrictions on transgender kids.
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The state hasn’t placed foster children with the child welfare organization since the death of Ja’Ceon Terry in July 2022.
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The CEO of Seven Counties Services and Bellewood and Brooklawn Abby Drane plans to retire at the end of the year.
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Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason Glass was in the running to lead Baltimore County Public Schools. But the board chose another finalist.
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Residents in Louisville’s majority-Black West End are disproportionately subject to police misconduct. But when federal and city officials first scheduled community meetings on reform, they didn’t plan any in west Louisville.
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Glass is one of four finalists to be the new leader of Baltimore County Public Schools.
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Richard Ross Wiedo pleaded guilty to violating civil rights when he fired a foam round into a crowd of protesters.
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As billionaire Kelly Craft makes her rounds across Kentucky in this year’s race for governor, supporters may notice similar talking points to other Republican candidates. It’s no coincidence.
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The vote directs JCPS staff to find a vendor to implement weapons detection technology in middle and high schools, but board members and staff say that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be Evolv, a company that’s been criticized for its efficacy and lack of transparency.
