There’s no correlation between states’ school reopening status and the ability of teachers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a new analysis finds.
Even as President Joe Biden this week urged states to prioritize teachers for vaccinations, an analysis conducted with Johns Hopkins University’s teacher vaccination tracker finds that no states are reporting the percentage of teachers and school staff that have been vaccinated.
“There is an accumulating body of scientific evidence that should be reassuring the public that kids can be brought back to school safely when appropriate mitigation measures are in place and community transmission is low. Right now, there is a massive disconnect between where schools are open and whether or not teachers have been prioritized for vaccination,” says Megan Collins, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Consortium for School-Based Health Solutions, who helped create the new eSchool+ Teacher & School Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard, which
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The Johns Hopkins eSchool+ Initiative launches dashboard of state-by-state policies and status By Jamie Smith / Published March 9, 2021
Even as President Joe Biden this week urged states to prioritize teachers for vaccinations, an analysis conducted with Johns Hopkins University s teacher vaccination tracker, launched Thursday, shows no correlation between states school reopening status and the ability for teachers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. And no states are reporting the percentage of teachers and school staff that have been vaccinated. There is an accumulating body of scientific evidence that should be reassuring the public that kids can be brought back to school safely when appropriate mitigation measures are in place and community transmission is low. Right now, there is a massive disconnect between where schools are open and whether or not teachers have been prioritized for vaccination, says Megan Collins, co-director of
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NOT AN EASY A The Biden administration will issue a school reopening plan Friday, but it’s unlikely to ease the tension faced by major school districts around the country trying to bring students back into classrooms. San Francisco’s mayor said a deal struck with the union requiring all teachers to be vaccinated would mean that schools won’t be open this semester. Chicago and New York City are bringing younger students back but still lack plans to get high school students into buildings.
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