Kayla Jimenez

California

National Correspondent at USA Today

Drawing hearts in the byline 🥀 | National correspondent @USATODAY reporting on American schools, culture & more | Let's write together: [email protected]

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When fallout comes from teachers using (or refusing to use) students' preferred names

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Kayla Jimenez |Finch Walker |Kelly Meyerhofer |Natalie Neysa Alund |Sabine Martin

Officials at Brevard Public Schools said the Florida district would renew a high school teacher's contract after she referred to a student by a chosen without parental permission. Kayla Jimenez Finch Walker Kelly Meyerhofer Natalie Neysa Alund Sabine MartinUSA TODAYTeachers are facing blowback amid conflicts over using students' preferred names and pronouns.
Could IEPs become more frustrating for parents of kids with disabilities?

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Kayla Jimenez

California resident Katie Prather remembers thinking that her son, who has autism, could have mastered math skills if he had less work to complete on assignments in elementary school. By middle school, she thought he would fare better if he had more social pragmatic skills to navigate interactions with his teachers and students.
Democrat senators probe Trump administration on the future of special education in the U.S.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Kayla Jimenez

Democratic senators are pressing the Trump administration to lay out how they will protect the legal rights of students with disabilities amid its shake up of the Department of Education.
Will Education Department closure harm students with disabilities?

1 month ago | usatoday.com | Kayla Jimenez

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday attempting to shutter a federal department that aids students with disabilities.
America's post-Department of Education landscape: What will it look like?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kayla Jimenez

It's a joyous time for Tina Descovich, co-founder of the conservative parents' rights group Moms for Liberty. On the day after the Trump administration laid off nearly half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff, Descovich applauded President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon for following up on the promise they made on the presidential campaign trail: Transfer education oversight from the federal government to the states.
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kayla Jimenez

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's decision to lay off about half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff, citing the department's own data on the U.S.'s relatively low academic rankings compared to other countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump backed Education Secretary Linda McMahon's efforts while reiterating his goal to move the government's oversight of the nation's academic efforts from federal to state leaders.
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kayla Jimenez

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's decision to lay off about half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff, citing the department's own data on the U.S.'s relatively low academic rankings compared to other countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump backed Education Secretary Linda McMahon's efforts while reiterating his goal to move the government's oversight of the nation's academic efforts from federal to state leaders.
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff

1 month ago | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Kayla Jimenez

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's decision to lay off about half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff, citing the department's own data on the U.S.'s relatively low academic rankings compared to other countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump backed Education Secretary Linda McMahon's efforts while reiterating his goal to move the government's oversight of the nation's academic efforts from federal to state leaders.
Texas-led lawsuit threatens rights of students with disabilities, advocates say

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Kayla Jimenez

Villanova University student Kaleigh Brendle has had low vision her entire young life. At her college in Pennsylvania and as a child growing up in New Jersey, she has used screen-reading technology that turns written documents or books into audio recordings and hardcover braille texts. To compensate for the longer time it takes to listen to passages being read aloud or in braille, she's been given extended time on exams.
Will a Texas-led legal fight over gender dysphoria threaten disabled student protections?

1 month ago | wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Kayla Jimenez

Villanova University student Kaleigh Brendle has had low vision her entire young life. At her college in Pennsylvania and as a child growing up in New Jersey, she has used screen-reading technology that turns written documents or books into audio recordings and hardcover braille texts. To compensate for the longer time it takes to listen to passages being read aloud or in braille, she's been given extended time on exams.