A Couple of Quick Notes.  I hope as many of you as can are taking advantage of the resources being offered by the Minnesota Department of Education.  You should check out the COVIG-19 Page on the MDE website.  There was a Q&A page posted today that fielded a number of questions from the field.  The unprecedented nature of the crisis we find ourselves in makes it difficult to answer every question that will arise, but the guidance being given is timely.

Here is a link to the MDE Coronavirus Information Page.  Scroll down to the Q&A, which was first posted yesterday and will be updated with new information regularly:  MDE COVID-19 Updates 

National Outlook.  Education Week has been running a variety of interesting features following the national COVID-19 outbreak.  I find this map showing how various states are dealing with the issue of whether to close schools (and for how long).  It should be noted in which might be a harbinger that Kansas has closed schools for the remainder of the school year with all instruction taking place online from this point forward.

Map: Coronavirus and School Closures