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A proposed update to the licensing requirements for new Minnesota teachers - the addition of a cultural competency standard - has become yet another flashpoint in the partisan battle over education.
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) has been developing the new standards, including the language requiring teachers to acknowledge the various backgrounds and gender identities of their students, for three years. The update is necessary, the board and supporters say, to better serve Minnesota's increasingly diverse student population.
"It's really just meant to make sure that teachers have the tools to reflect on their own bias," PELSB Executive Director Alex Liuzzi said in an interview.
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