Jess Clark
Jess Clark is WWNO's Education Desk reporter. Jess comes to the station after two years as Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting for (Chapel Hill). Her reporting has aired on national programs, including NPR's All Things Considered, Here & Now from WBUR, and NPR's Weekend Edition.
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Jess graduated from the in 2015 with a master's in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Last fall, a student told a joke at International High School of New Orleans . It landed him in jail.
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A state board of education commission is asking the Louisiana state legislature to expand access to early childhood education to more than 100,000...
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It’s been almost exactly one year since record-breaking rains flooded much of the city, and the city’s pumping and drainage system couldn’t keep up....
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More than half of Louisiana’s public school children get free or reduced-priced meals at school because their families are struggling financially. But...
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It’s been nearly 13 years since Hurricane Katrina decimated the city and its school system. And a lot has changed since then. Now the city is the first,...
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School is out for most New Orleans kids, but many of them are still learning at summer camps. Some of them are taking on big topics, like the history of...
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On average, kids in Louisiana public schools tested slightly better on their standardized tests this year. But New Orleans-area kids still trail behind...
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When Americans are taught the story of school desegregation, they learn about the 1954 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. The Board of...
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Louisiana is among 29 states spending less on students than before the Great Recession, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy...
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Researchers at the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans have released a new report showing Louisiana's black students and low-income students are...