![Alex Lafargue takes his son, 9-year-old Alongkorn, to his new school. Alongkorn's former charter school was closed for having low test scores.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ac46e72/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1497x1996+750+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F09%2F01%2Fselect_6_slide-eb9f746f6027ce93937ae292d2ba7b03ee90ab6f.jpg)
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 North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC (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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015 with a master's in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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NOLA Public Schools doesn't actually run any schools. What the district does do is decide each year which schools to grant new charters to and when to take them away.
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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 North Carolina and around the country, districts are facing a problem: low teacher pay that means new hires can't afford to live in the community.