Jess Clark
Jess 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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Facing the potential loss of federal funding, 170 Kentucky school districts signed a letter promising not to use "illegal DEI practices." -
Internal communications obtained by The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting show U of L's board threatened to terminate former university president Kim Schatzel. -
Some Republicans want to scale back school meal programs. In 2025, they may have the power to do it. -
Kentucky’s next commissioner of education Robbie Fletcher said he wants to reform school accountability measures, like testing, and change the conversation about teaching. -
A divisive measure that would allow state lawmakers to fund private schools and charter schools passed the state House Wednesday. -
The Kentucky Senate Education Committee moved forward a bill that could create a force of armed veterans and retired police to protect schools. -
A proposed update to Kentucky’s School Safety Act would allow armed veterans and retired police to patrol schools. -
Ky. substitute teachers would no longer need college credits, under bill approved in House committeeAmid a dire teacher shortage, a committee of Kentucky lawmakers advanced a measure that would allow applicants without college experience to substitute teach. -
There are now competing “school choice” amendments in the Kentucky House. House Bill 2 is the second measure filed this year that would allow the state to fund private school tuition. -
House Bill 275 would require districts and private schools to check with applicants’ previous employers to verify they were not found to have sexually abused students.
