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 awarded $900M to help boost island's education
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government on Monday was granted access to more than $900 million in federal education ...
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
Imagine teaching in a classroom where rain pours through the ceiling, books are outdated and you have to buy your own supplies because you’d have to wait at least two months to get it from the central ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Politics K-12
Less than two weeks after Puerto Rico’s ex-education secretary was arrested on fraud charges, a new federal audit says the Puerto Rico Department of Education has failed to ensure proper oversight ...
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: 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: 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: Rebuilding Puerto Rico May Help Improve Science Education
Many people in Puerto Rico, a United States territory, are still suffering the effects of two powerful hurricanes that hit the island last year. Hurricane Irma struck in early September, followed ...
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: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection consists of 378 posters, the majority of which are approximately 22" x 28" documenting social, cultural, and educational issues for ...
News Puerto Rico » Education: Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico balks at Trump's proposal to require English at Head Start centers
The U.S. government wants all Head Start programs to conduct instruction exclusively in English, and some of the strongest outcry is coming from Puerto Rico.