Education Leaders Assess a Trump Presidency

Educational leaders from across the Lehigh Valley region tried to sort through the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s shocking win as well as statewide election results as they gathered Wednesday at Lehigh to discuss current and future issues regarding school governance. Hosted by the Lehigh University School Study Council, the “Politics and Possibilities” event in the Wood Dining Room at Iacocca Hall drew Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera, who addressed the representatives of some 40 area school districts that belong to the council. What does the presidential election mean for Pennsylvania, its communities and its children? Rivera asked. “As history has taught us,” he said, “there’s still much to be seen.” He said state leaders don’t yet know the implications of the election but will have a better idea at the end of the month when state education chiefs from across the country meet with members of the administration-elect.