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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The Lens published an investigation in August revealing the Orleans Parish School Board abandoned plans to test school water for lead. Last week, Lens...
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The Orleans Parish School Board passed new guidelines Thursday night that immigrant rights groups say will better protect students from immigration and...
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When parents in New Orleans are deciding where to send their child to school, many of them use the letter grades schools get based on their student test...
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WWNO is putting together a series of stories about the issues parents face getting their children to school in Orleans Parish public schools, and we...
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Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to make yet another landfall tomorrow morning. This time in Southwest Louisiana. Over the last few days, Harvey has...
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Tuesday marks 12 years since Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, bringing destruction and taking more than 1,500 lives in...
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New Orleans is bracing for the heavy rains generated by Hurricane Harvey with a pumping system that is still not fully operational. New Orleans Mayor...
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The use of corporal punishment is on the decline, but at one high school in N.C., the principal paddles his students himself.
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Women's marches are being held across the country, including in Raleigh, N.C. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Jess Clark of member station WUNC.
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In Eastern North Carolina, threats have increased at schools and businesses since the presidential election. That's left some in the community struggling with how to address it.