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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LMPD’s union says there are already protocols in place to hold officers accountable, and that the DOJ report should be “dissected for evidentiary value.” -
The measure would ensure public school teachers and staff have the right to engage in religious activities while on duty, as long as they don’t coerce students.
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The bill prohibits certain “adult performances” on publicly owned property or at locations “where the person knows or should know that the adult performance could be viewed by a person under the age of 18.”
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The bill requires school districts to check if teacher candidates have been accused of abuse in previous teaching jobs.
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The measure would allow schools to expel students for off-campus behaviors, and move “chronically disruptive” students to remote learning.
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The measure makes it easier for parents to challenge books, programs and instructional materials they deem obscene.
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The bill would remove power over board and superintendent appointments another degree away from the governor’s control.
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In his annual state of the district address, JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio highlighted overhauls to facilities and student assignment. He says bell times are next.
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The bill contains low-cost fixes like making it easier for out-of-state teachers to get licensed in Kentucky. But some lawmakers say it’s time to bust out the pocketbook.
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Sen. Karen Berg, who lost her trans son to suicide, urged her GOP colleagues not to pass an anti-trans measure. They did anyway.
