Giving Compass' Take:

• The 74 provides interactive maps depicting how states are handling school reopening with guidance on topics from handwashing to school busses. 

• Are your state's precautions sufficient? How can donors help to ensure the safety of students and staff in the upcoming school year? 

• Read about addressing learning losses from COVID-19. 

As political leaders debate the merits of reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state education and health agencies are thinking through what that would actually look like on campuses this fall. FutureEd, a think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, has reviewed guidance released by states to determine what they’re advising on six important issues: meals, school schedules and classroom setups, face coverings, school buses, temperature checks and symptoms, and handwashing.

Some states provide a range of options, from entirely in-person instruction to entirely remote. This analysis reflects the more nuanced and realistic options that lie somewhere between the two extremes. Where states provide guidance based on a phased re-entry, we note that as well.

Brooke LePage’s commentary points out common threads and inconsistencies among state guidance. Here, you’ll find interactive Roadmaps to Reopening, produced by The 74’s Meghan Gallagher, for each of the six key areas.

Access the interactive maps and commentary by Brooke LePage and Meghan Gallagher at The 74.