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Jess Clark

Louisville

Education Reporter at WFPL-FM (Louisville, KY)

@KentuckyCIR education reporter, former ed reporter for @WFPLNews, @WWNO and @WUNC, Louisville native, cat mom

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  • Brian Yearwood to be JCPS’ next superintendent, according to lawmaker

    2 weeks ago | lpm.org | Jess Clark

    Brian Yearwood will be the next superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, according to Middletown Republican Rep. Jason Nemes. The Jefferson County Board of Education was waiting until to finish contract negotiations before announcing their pick, but in a Facebook post, Nemes beat them to the punch. “We have a new superintendent in JCPS,” Nemes wrote Friday morning.

  • Surveys show teachers, community overwhelmingly favor Shuldiner for JCPS superintendent

    2 weeks ago | lpm.org | Jess Clark

    The Jefferson County Board of Education has not revealed who members chose in a split vote Thursday night to be the next superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, but surveys by the search firm and the teachers union show overwhelming community and staff support for finalist Ben Shuldiner.

  • What we know and don’t know about JCPS’ finalists for superintendent

    3 weeks ago | lpm.org | Jess Clark

    The Jefferson County Board of Education is on the verge of making a momentous decision for the 96,000 students of Kentucky’s largest school district: choosing its next leader. Board members and their selection committee narrowed the search to two finalists, both of whom, board members say, have track records of boosting academic achievement. Finalist Ben Shuldiner, superintendent of the Lansing School District in Michigan, oversees a school system of 10,000 students. And finalist H.

  • Preparedness for the Unexpected: Expedient Recipes for Survival in Wartime China

    3 weeks ago | recipes.hypotheses.org | Jess Clark

    By Chang XuIf you were stocking up on disaster relief supplies, what kind of reference would you want by your side? Expedient Formulas for Military Marches (1852) reads like just such a survival guide. Compiled during and after the turmoil of the First Opium War (1839-1842) and the Taiping Civil War (1850-1864), this text wasn’t intended solely for military use, despite what its title suggests.

  • Quick-Rising Bread!: Food Uncertainties in 1980s Mozambique

    1 month ago | recipes.hypotheses.org | Jess Clark

    By Kathleen Sheldon In 1982 I moved to Mozambique in southern Africa to pursue dissertation research on urban working women. I was a doctoral candidate in African history at the University of California in Los Angeles. I went there with my husband, a pediatrician, who had a two-year contract with the Ministry of Health, and our toddler-aged daughter. We were somewhat prepared for living in a newly independent socialist country that ranked as one of the poorest in the world.

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Jess Clark
Jess Clark @jess_m_clark
22 Apr 25

Internal communications obtained by @KentuckyCIR show U of L’s board gave former president Kim Schatzel a choice: resign or be terminated. https://t.co/DmgSzvo0xd

Jess Clark
Jess Clark @jess_m_clark
13 Mar 25

RT @RyanVanVelzer: A superbly well written story on the future of DEI in higher education in Kentucky. https://t.co/2NZttwtkd4

Jess Clark
Jess Clark @jess_m_clark
13 Mar 25

RT @ellie_mccrary: "The last pair of shoes Breonna Taylor bought her goddaughter are about three sizes too small now." A beautiful, heartw…