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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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.
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A measure that would bring partisan politics to the Kentucky Board of Education has advanced in the state Senate.
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A measure that cleared the House Education Committee Tuesday would send Kentucky parents and guardians to court after their child has 15 unexcused absences from elementary school.
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A proposed update to Kentucky’s School Safety Act would allow armed veterans and retired police to patrol schools.
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The tech company Evolv announced it is the subject of an inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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In his annual state of the district address, a prickly JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio touted recent changes as successes, and fended off criticism.
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House lawmakers want to give Kentucky student teachers a small stipend and join a handful of other states that pay teacher interns.
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Freedom of information advocates say proposed changes to Kentucky’s open records law under House Bill 509 are an “all-out assault on transparency.”