Clash of Visions as New School Year Opens in Storm-Bruised Puerto Rico

Education Week: As schools throughout Puerto Rico launched a new academic year this week, some students and staff were still grappling with the physical damage and the complications wrought by Hurricane Maria’s devastation of the island-wide school system nearly a year ago.

Leaky roofs, overdue repairs, and scarce supplies. Students packed into unfamiliar schools after a wave of closures and reassignments. Hundreds of teachers still awaiting placement, and community tensions over school conditions and a controversial move toward charter schools championed by the system’s top administrators.

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