Morris quickly logged cases at over 700 schools. She looked for news reports going back to July 1, since some schools had begun holding practices for fall sports or opening for administrative activities early in the summer.Įven with schools in only a few states back in session by early August, she had no trouble finding reports of coronavirus cases. Morris started building a database on Aug. "I clicked on the news tab and would search the articles from the past week or the past 24 hours and then I would input those articles into my spreadsheet." Kansas high school theater teacher Alisha Morris created a database of coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. "I put in the words 'school, positive' " she tells NPR's Morning Edition. She started with a simple Internet search. She could find local news reports about positive cases at individual schools across the country but nothing that gave her a cohesive picture of how the virus was spreading in schools. In early August, just ahead of the new school year, Morris was looking for data about coronavirus cases in U.S. The NEA tracker builds on the volunteer efforts of a Kansas theater teacher Alisha Morris. It also includes links to the local news reports so users know where the virus data comes from. The tracker is broken down by state and shows schools and counties with known cases and suspected cases and deaths, as well as whether those infected were students or staff. schools? The National Education Association has just launched a tracker of cases in public K-12 schools.
Looking for a snapshot of coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. The National Education Association will now take on updates to the database. 23, including this map, created by another volunteer.
Listen Teacher Alisha Morris created an interactive tracker of coronavirus in schools, current through Aug.
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