Data on COVID-19 outbreaks in schools was sparse, so this teacher collected it herself

Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 19:11 in Psychology & Sociology

You can search by state to find a list of confirmed COVID-19 cases at public K-12 schools across the US. (Getty/)This story originally featured on Working Mother.Alisha Morris, a theater teacher in Olathe, Kansas, wanted to know how many coronavirus cases were being reported in schools, but as she scoured the internet, she couldn’t find the information all in one spot. So she started keeping track herself.Now, her database is available on a website hosted by the National Education Association. You can search by state to find a list of confirmed COVID-19 cases at public K-12 schools across the US. The tracker provides the number of known cases and deaths for students, teachers, and administrators, as well as a link to a news story where the information originated.Morris began keeping tabs of the confirmed cases she stumbled across online on August 6. "I put in the words 'school, positive,'" she...

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