This is NOT a dashboard!!! @GovBillLee and @TNedu Commissioner @SchwinnTeach keep talking about having created a "dashboard" to track #COVID19 closings. But it was clear during yesterday's news briefing that Lee doesn't really understand what his administration is posting. 1/ 
A dashboard is, by definition, "a type of graphical user interface which often provides *** AT-A-GLANCE *** views of key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to a particular objective or business process." 2/
Yesterday, Lee's team said that there were already nine schools that had closed to in-person learning due to COVID concerns. How do we know which schools? The governor said to go to the "dashboard." 3/
To get any information from this @TNedu "dashboard," you must type the names of each school district one by one. Tennessee has *** 137 *** school districts. 4/
And it isn't even as simple as typing in the names of 137 school districts. After the gov's news briefing, I asked @SchwinnTeach how I was supposed to find those nine schools from her "dashboard." She gave me the district names. One of them: Rutherford. 5/
Type "Rutherford" into @GovBillLee's "dashboard," and you get two options for clicking: "instructional models" and "district website." Suddenly, 137 potential sources for this information has become 274!!! 6/
Click on instructional models on this "dashboard" and you discover that Christiana Middle School is closed for in-person learning until August 24th.
But @SchwinnTeach told me there were TWO schools in Rutherford County that were closed. 7/
But @SchwinnTeach told me there were TWO schools in Rutherford County that were closed. 7/
So that means you also have to click on "district website" -- another 137 clicks! That gives you the link to the website -- which means (you guessed it!) another 137 clicks! 8/
For those keeping count, we are now up to *** 548 *** potential clicks.
But.
We.
Are.
Not.
Finished. 9/
But.
We.
Are.
Not.
Finished. 9/
Rutherford lists its school closings on its "News and Announcements" page. If every district does this, then we are talking about, yes, another 137 clicks!!! 10/
Now we are up to a potential 685 clicks to get information from the @TNedu "dashboard."
I repeat: This is NOT a dashboard! 11/
I repeat: This is NOT a dashboard! 11/
Ironically, @GovBillLee and @SchwinnTeach cite this "dashboard" as a demonstration of their #COVID19 transparency. 12/12
BTW, if you want to engage in this fun little exercise yourself, here's a link to the "dashboard." tn.gov/education/dist…
Excellent analogy!
And, by the way, to really understand what's going on statewide, you have to go through these 685 clicks EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! Or maybe everyone should just personally reach out to @SchwinnTeach and @TNedu every day.🤔
Definitely! Maybe someone at @CollegeSystemTN can help @TNedu create a real dashboard!
Trying to avoid 685 clicks on @TNedu’s “dashboard,” I asked if they could tell me how many ##COVID19 closures there were today and which districts. This is the response from @SchwinnTeach’s office.
