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The standard comes as education officials have voiced concern about Pennsylvania’s dearth of teachers of color, compared with the increasingly diverse public school population.

Guidelines issued by the state directing teachers to reflect on their “cultural lens” and address bias in the education system are facing a lawsuit.

Husnaa Haajarah Hashim sees poetry as transformative A former Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, Penn junior Hashim reflects on her writing and scholarship during this moment when Amanda Gorman, the youngest presidential inaugural poet, is bringing national attention to poetry. Husnaa Haajarah Hashim, a Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, is a junior at Penn, an Africana studies major, and creative writing minor. Watching Amanda Gorma...