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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Several school districts are trying to accommodate teachers with health conditions who want to work from home, but many are being called back in as more students return to classrooms.
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State Releases Numbers Showing Low Texas Public School Infection Rates, But The Data Is LimitedThis article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.More than 2,300 of Texas public school students who have returned to school in person since the…
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.Starting Sept. 8, Texas will require school districts to file weekly reports on new COVID-19 cases…
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Gov. Abbott Starts Another Debate On If Local Or State Officials Are In Charge For School ReopeningsLast week, Gov. Greg Abbott moved to block local health authorities from shutting down classrooms before the school year has started. Since then, he has…
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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 this…
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Texas students will be returning to public schools in person this fall, Gov. Greg Abbott told state lawmakers Thursday morning.Texas Education…
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In an unprecedented move, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he would waive testing requirements for this year’s STAAR exam, as many schools expect to be…
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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath told school superintendents and lawmakers Sunday to be prepared for long-term school district closures,…
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Leaders of his own party may disavow him, but more than 54,000 central Texas Republican voters embraced Robert Morrow on Tuesday, sending the man with a…
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Were the reading and writing passages on standardized tests that Texas elementary and middle school students took this spring too challenging for their…