Jess Clark
Investigative Reporter, Education & LearningJess Clark covers Education and Learning for KyCIR. 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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Louisville attorney Teddy Gordon filed to reopen parents’ suit against JCPS after KyCIR revealed he dropped it without their permission. -
The lawyer representing JCPS parents in their federal transportation lawsuit dropped the case without permission of his clients. -
Students at several JCPS magnet schools will get their bus back in March, after a board vote. -
Some Republicans want to scale back school meal programs. In 2025, they may have the power to do it. -
After JCPS cut her son’s bus, Taryn Bell tried to keep him at the school he’d attended since kindergarten.
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After years of community discussion, the Jefferson County Board of Education settled on a $2 million plan to expand the district’s internal police force. It’s much bigger than expected. -
Despite board promises to consider start times that better align with student sleep patterns, JCPS staff want no changes next year. -
Candidates backed by the teachers union won races in both contested districts -
Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio says he will retire at the end of the school year. -
Jefferson County Public Schools has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, ending a 10-year investigation.
