Educación
Department of Education Owes Salaries to Teachers In Culebra Who Live In Precarious Working Conditions
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Educators have also not received the promised incentive for teaching classes on the island municipality.
English
“I Haven’t Been Able to Go Back to Work Because I’m Scared”
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A woman talks about the reprisals she faced from the nominated Secretary of Education, Yanira Raíces Vega, for not approving the appointment of an administrative assistant who was recommended by the mayor of Orocovis and the former Deputy Secretary of Education, Héctor Joaquín Sánchez.
Educación
Department of Education’s Political Maneuvers Exposed Under Oath
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Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez convocó a cuatro empleados del Departamento de Educación, que servían de jurado en el Premio de Maestro y Director del Año 2022, para decirles a quiénes debían favorecer.
Educación
Hard for Special Education Students Pulling Off an Independent Future
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During the 2021-2022 school year, the Department of Education (DE) referred only 197 students with disabilities to have an initial evaluation by their teachers, among 13,233 students who were “eligible for the transition process” to adult life.
Educación
Special Education Participants Skeptical of DE’s Proposal to Stop Informing and Providing Services
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The San Juan Superior Court is pressuring parents to express themselves within 10 days about the agency’s intention to archive clauses of the case’s partial sentence.
Educación
Department of Education Ordered to Cancel Contract With Charter School With Shady Record
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Education canceled the contract or constitutive letter of what would be the branch of the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures & the Arts (SBCSICA) in Puerto Rico. The termination of the agreement came after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) ordered the agency “to show cause regarding the awarding of the contract,” 20 days after the CPI revealed that this charter had accusations from the Office of the Comptroller of New York and that an incorporator of the Neighborhood Association For Inter-Cultural Affairs–Puerto Rico (NAICA-PR), Richard Izquierdo Arroyo, pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from another nonprofit organization he chaired in New York.
Antiracist
Public Schools Have No Materials for Antiracist Education
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Teachers still don’t have the materials they need to teach antiracism. The texts or brochures they have often distort or make invisible the African heritage.
Uncategorized
Teachers Are Drowning in Bureaucracy and Bad Planning
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The teacher prep period time is up. The bell rang and the students started coming into the classroom. The 50 minutes of preparation were spent calling parents who had not followed up on their children’s performance in school and completing referrals to the social worker. Those 50 minutes are the time teachers have available each day, in theory, to organize their class material, upload information about their students to the Department of Education’s (DE) digital archives, or get other tasks done. But the educator — who prefers not to identify herself — teaches five groups; at least 125 students in total.
