Aliyya Swaby
Aliyya Swaby started as the Texas Tribune's public education reporter in October 2016. She came to the Tribune from the hyperlocal nonprofit New Haven Independent, where she covered education, zoning and transit for two years. After graduating from Yale University in 2013, she spent a year freelance reporting in Panama on social issues affecting black Panamanian communities. A native New Yorker, Aliyya misses public transportation but is thrilled by the lack of snow.
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More than 2,300 of Texas public school students who have returned to school in person since the beginning of this academic year — about 0.21% — have... -
The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval this week to a sex education policy that includes teaching middle schoolers about birth... -
As students across Texas return to schools for in-person classes, there will be masks, distancing and lunches eaten at desks. Many students will remain at home, joining in on laptops and phones. -
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Starting Sept. 8, Texas will require school districts to file weekly reports on new COVID-19... -
In a statement Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott said local health authorities can shut down schools if there’s evidence of an outbreak after students have... -
Local health officials do not have the authority to shut down all schools in their vicinity while COVID-19 cases rise, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... -
Facing growing backlash from teachers, parents and health officials, Texas education officials Friday relaxed a previous order that would have given... -
Local public health officials will be able to keep Texas schools closed for in-person instruction this fall without risking state education funding, a... -
Masks for students and teachers will be mandatory in counties with more than 20 reported COVID-19 cases when public schools resume in-person classes... -
Texas public schools will be required to provide in-person instruction for students this fall, but state education officials have delayed releasing...
