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Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Aliyya Swaby is the public education reporter for The Texas Tribune, the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

With Texas Classrooms Reopening and No State Mask Mandate, School Nurses Have Become Crucial in Battling Pandemic — But Districts Aren’t Required to Have Them

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Texas Tells Schools They Won’t Lose State Funding for Coronavirus Attendance Declines If They Maintain or Increase Rate of Students Learning In Person

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

More Chaos For Texas Students: Amid a Destabilizing Pandemic, a Winter Storm Brings New Delays to In-Person Learning — and Prevents Schools From Serving as Lifelines

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Amid Texas’s Substitute Teacher Shortage, Many Classrooms Are Being Led By Administrators, School Staff and Uncredentialed Stand-Ins

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Jordan’s Story: Isolated, Anxious and Failing His Online Classes, an 11-Year-Old Texas Boy Considered Suicide

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune