This report evaluates the COVID-19 situation after the release of the report, "A Blueprint for Back to School," which offered a framework for safely reopening schools in the fall. The report reflected the insights from 20 former federal officials, state school chiefs, and superintendents, many drawing on their experiences leading education systems through times of crisis. Schools that have reopened across Europe offer important lessons for schools in the United States, including the need to accommodate parents who feel it is unsafe to send their children back to school. States are releasing their own guidance for reopening schools. Many plans include staggered schedules, social and emotional learning supports, and academic acceleration. Across income levels, racial demographics, and political ideology, parents believe their children are spending less time on schoolwork (40 percent) and are learning less (46 percent) than they normally would in school. [For the report, "A Blueprint for Back to School," see ED606266.]