Jess Clark
Investigative Reporter, Education & LearningJess Clark covers Education and Learning for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. 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 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. -
Newly revealed records show federal investigators looking into bus delays across Jefferson County Public Schools found striking racial inequities. -
A principal, a teachers’ union member, two parents and a ‘school choice’ advocate — these are some of the members of a new task force that could help decide the future of Jefferson County Public Schools. -
Black, Latino, low-income and immigrant students most likely to leave magnets after JCPS cuts busingData from a Jefferson County Public Schools survey shows what many feared — low-income students and students of color are most impacted by cuts to magnet transportation. -
Some JCPS magnet students might have transportation restored under a TARC deal. Officials say they’re looking at students with a 7:30 a.m. start time in west Louisville. -
2005 Boone County High School graduate Akilah Hughes has a podcast out this fall about her efforts to get her alma mater to drop a mascot with ties to the Confederacy. -
Incumbent District 2 Jefferson County Board of Education member Chris Kolb says he is no longer running for reelection. -
About 1,000 students’ families told Jefferson County Public Schools they will leave their school after the board approved transportation cuts for magnets. But one community leader says it’s likely an underestimate. -
LPM News contacted all 10 candidates running for the Jefferson County Board of Education. Here’s who they are and what they have to say about transportation.
