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 member of the state’s largest teachers union was ousted from her Jefferson County Teachers Association leadership position for alleged disloyalty to the union during her campaign.
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McDonald’s employees called the police to deal with an off-duty Jefferson County Public Schools security officer, who they say was drinking beer in his car and passed out in the drive-thru lane.
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In an open letter, Jefferson County Board of Education member Chris Kolb admonished principals for speaking out about their transportation concerns, saying it made Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio look bad.
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In an effort to patch up a broken transportation system, the Jefferson County Board of Education voted to consolidate nine school start times into three.
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Parents in Jefferson County Public Schools have numerous concerns about a proposal to overhaul start times again.
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In a plan unveiled Tuesday, Jefferson County Public Schools staff proposed reconsolidating this year’s glitchy nine-bell school schedule.
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Kentucky’s next commissioner of education Robbie Fletcher said he wants to reform school accountability measures, like testing, and change the conversation about teaching.
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has a proposal to help Jefferson County Public Schools solve a transportation crisis: send them the TARC drivers the transit system is planning to lay off.
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As teachers leave Kentucky classrooms at an alarming rate, the GOP-led Legislature is hoping to entice more people into the profession with loan forgiveness and student stipends.
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In a split vote, the Jefferson County Board of Education voted to cut transportation to all magnet and traditional schools except four majority-Black magnets.