Aliyya Swaby, Texa
Aliyya Swaby started as the 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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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 already…
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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…
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Earlier this summer, Kristina Boshernitzan and a group of neighbors stood in the driveway of her Austin home for a socially distanced meeting to figure…
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Local public health officials will be able to keep Texas schools closed for in-person instruction this fall without risking state education funding, a…
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Teachers like Jennifer Boyer have become the rope in a political tug of war over reopening Texas schools.While record numbers of Texans are hospitalized…
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With reported coronavirus cases in Texas child care facilities rising quickly, parents face terrifying uncertainty as they try to decide whether to…
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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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For the first time since 1997, Texas education officials will consider a new statewide sexual education policy, and it could include teaching middle…
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Draft Documents Show Texas Planning Few Mandatory Safety Measures When Public Schools Reopen In FallTexas education officials are envisioning a largely hands-off approach to helping school districts bring students back to campus this fall, imposing few…
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As child care centers across Texas slowly reopen, reported COVID-19 cases among children and staff are rising even as the state eliminates temporary…
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Texas students will be returning to public schools in person this fall, Gov. Greg Abbott told state lawmakers Thursday morning.The state's top education…
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As tens of thousands of Texans took to the streets this week to protest police brutality against black people following the death of George Floyd, police…