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Trump impeachment as education: How Philly-area teachers and students are handling the hearings

The rapidly unfolding news has presented challenges for classrooms trying to teach and process the historic moment — from students grappling with gaps in their still-developing understanding of politics and foreign affairs.

Twelfth-grade students Jess Anderson, 17, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., left, and Carmen Williams, 17, of Voorhees, N.J., right, at William Penn Charter School, learn about the impeachment proceedings.
Twelfth-grade students Jess Anderson, 17, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., left, and Carmen Williams, 17, of Voorhees, N.J., right, at William Penn Charter School, learn about the impeachment proceedings.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer