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Teacher creates COVID-19 database to track school cases

You can now track COVID-19 cases at schools and campuses across the United States thanks to the help of a teacher.

Alisha Morris, a high school teacher in Kansas and a member of the National Education Association, came up with the idea to create a database as a way to protect other teachers, students and their families following the reopening of schools amid the pandemic.

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The NEA also said the goal of the database is “to shine a light on the complete failure of policymakers to listen to educators’ and parents’ warnings about reopening schools and campuses with no plan or regard for students and faculty safety.”

The information provided in the database is reported by teachers and the NEA works to verify it before publishing it.

To view the reported COVID-19 cases at Florida and Georgia schools and in other states, click here.