ADTo Morris’s knowledge, it’s the first publicly available database of schools with covid-19 cases, and it shows nearly every state has already had schools affected by the virus. “My goal is to keep people healthy and save lives and to provide data that can hopefully help people make data-informed decisions for the future of their schools,” Morris said. ADOn Aug. 7, Morris started plugging school districts and case numbers into a spreadsheet. Soon, she posted the spreadsheet in teacher Facebook groups, which led to an overwhelming response, she said. When her school contract starts on Thursday, she expects she won’t have much more time to dedicate to the spreadsheet.

Source: Washington Post August 17, 2020 10:08 UTC