Puerto Rico is closing a quarter of its schools and blaming it on Hurricane Maria, but teachers aren’t buying it.

Grist
By Justine CalmaApr 6, 2018, 4:44 pm980 ptsInterestingTop
In the wake of the storm, 1 in 11 students (some 26,000 kids) have left the territory. Citing a decline in enrollment and the territory’s ongoing debt crisis, the Puerto Rico Department of Education said Thursday that it would close 283 public schools. Parents and educators worry that the closure will…

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