It’s exciting to see that millions of young people are voting for the first time. We’re about to see if we’ve adequately prepared them for what comes after the campaigning is done, the votes have been counted, and the difficult work of governing begins.

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Patrick Riccards is the executive director of Best in the World Teachers and the founder of the Driving Force Institute for Public Engagement. He is also the author of the nationally recognized Eduflack blog and its companion Twitter feed. PR News named Pat the Not-for-Profit Communications Professional of the Year for his work in teacher preparation and higher education transformation (2015). A former local school board chairman, Patrick is also the author of the award-winning Dadprovement. Host of TrumpED and formerly co-host of Common Core Radio.