Re-opening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread

This webinar shares lessons learned from a short-term engagement with the Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide coaching and technical support on their plans for reopening schools in the fall. Presenters will discuss 1) input from stakeholders 2) lessons from a rapid review of emerging evidence on the COVID-19 pandemic and best practices in blended and remote learning and 3) lessons from an agent-based modeling simulation that estimated the level of COVID-19 transmission under various scenarios and mitigation strategies.

**Speakers: - Brian Gill, REL Mid-Atlantic

• Ravi Goyal, REL Mid-Atlantic
• Jacob Hartog, REL Mid-Atlantic
• Danielle DeLisle, REL Mid-Atlantic
• Adam Schott, Special Assistant to the Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Education