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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Teachers unions and other state employee organizations can continue collecting dues through payroll deduction for now. Meanwhile, Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed an appeal.
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The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 was supposed to level out school funding across the state. A new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy shows it's not working anymore.
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Kentucky’s largest school district passed a policy Monday night that they say brings it in line with a new state law targeting LGBTQ+ students’ rights.
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Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass says he’d rather leave his job than be charged with implementing new restrictions on transgender students under Senate Bill 150.
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Jason Glass will leave his position as Kentucky’s top education official to take a position at Western Michigan University. He has been the target of conservative politicians over his promotion of inclusive school policies.
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A JCPS policy committee crafted two options in response to new state restrictions on trans student rights: one proposal upholds, the other defies.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that two schools’ race-conscious admissions policies were unconstitutional. It means some Kentucky schools may have to change the way they review applicants.
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The Fayette County Board of Education voted Monday to comply with new restrictions on trans students and classroom speech.
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The outcome could determine whether Kentucky will join the vast majority of U.S. states with charter schools.
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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.