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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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to destabilize public education, Texas school districts are waiting to learn whether a federal stimulus package…
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The Texas Workforce Commission voted Tuesday to begin phasing out temporary child care subsidy programs for low-income parents and essential workers…
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Texas public school districts may offer summer school in their classrooms as early as June 1, but they cannot require any students to attend in person.In…
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Texas schools might start bringing students back to classrooms on staggered schedules in the fall. Or they might have some students show up at school…
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Restaurant servers, retail cashiers and movie theater concession workers in Texas could be called back to work as soon as Friday, in the first phase of…
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Around this time of the school year, Karen Sams expects to be in the "sweet spot" with her 17 third graders — the point at which, after months of watching…
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Losing the stability of a school day frustrates 14-year-old Logan Heller. He regularly melts down: screaming at the top of his lungs, hitting himself in…
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Full-time public school teachers across Texas are finagling digital setups to teach classes online, calling to check in on students and their parents, and…
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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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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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A state judge Wednesday evening immediately blocked Texas from taking over the Houston Independent School District until she issues a final ruling on the…
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Before entering the halls of Channing School high atop the Texas Panhandle last year, students were required to roll up their shirt sleeves to show they…