Puerto Rico News News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico’s Outgoing Education Secretary: ‘We Need the Help of Mainland Educators’
Seventeen months ago, and eight months after I became the secretary of education in Puerto Rico, the worst hurricane in over a century decimated much of the island, dislocating thousands of families ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico to decentralize its Education Department in bid to improve services
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Education Department, long considered a bureaucratic behemoth, will be decentralized to ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Opinion - America’s neglect of Puerto Rico’s education system is at a breaking point
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine teaching in a classroom where rain pours through the ceiling, books are outdated and you have to buy your own supplies ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Students in Puerto Rico Protest Education Budget Cuts in the Wake of Recovery From Hurricane Maria
In Puerto Rico, budget cuts that were set in motion before Hurricane Maria are now taking effect. In April, a plan was approved that could cut government contributions to the University of Puerto Rico ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico’s former education chief and 5 others arrested in corruption probe
Reporting from San Juan, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s former secretary of education and five other people were arrested Wednesday on charges of steering federal money to unqualified, politically ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico faces huge challenges in rebuilding and reinventing K-12 education
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The school where Edmarie Díaz teaches in the Puerto Rican town of Comerío is still standing. But so much of what she counted on in life is gone. As Hurricane Maria approached ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: 6 Months After Maria, Puerto Ricans Face a New Threat—Education Reform
Julia Keleher, Puerto Rico’s secretary of education, speaks at Residencial Jardines de Country Club in San Juan, February 22, 2018. (GDA via AP Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: In Puerto Rico, new school year begins after Hurricane Maria, big changes to education system
CATAÑO, Puerto Rico — Parents and students at the Isaac Del Rosario elementary school open house noticed the newly renovated facilities as they filled out school bus transportation forms for their ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico's former education secretary, others arrested in federal fraud probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's former secretary of education and five other people have been arrested on charges of steering federal money to unqualified, politically connected contractors.
News Puerto Rico » Education: Ex-education secretary, 5 others held in Puerto Rico probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s former secretary of education and five other people were arrested Wednesday on charges of steering federal money to unqualified, politically connected ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Puerto Rico awarded $900M to help boost island’s education
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s government on Monday was granted access to more than $900 million in federal education funds less than two weeks after reopening dozens of public and private ...