Despite the failing grade, the nonprofit credited the island with integrating financial education into the public-school curriculum. #NewsismyBusiness
The deadline to receive proposals for auction number 22-0616-R1 is May 27, before 10 a.m., at the agency’s Santurce headquarters.
Salary increase closes the salary gap between teachers in Puerto Rico and the US mainland.
The Puerto Rico Department of Education announced a $75 million initiative to provide wireless broadband access to public school students and teachers through June 30. In a release, the agency confirmed the funding will come from the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund. The three companies participating in the initiative are Liberty Puerto Rico, Claro Puerto Rico […]
The Puerto Rico Education Department and the Milk Industry Promotion Fund signed an agreement through which the agency will invest $12 million to distribute fresh milk to the island’s public-school lunchrooms. The agreement will be in effect through Sept. 30, 2024 and complies with federal regulations that require offering five food components to lunch service […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allocated more than $24.4 million during October and November to repair and reinforce several schools in Puerto Rico’s southern and western regions that experienced structural damage caused by the 2020 earthquakes. To date, more than $142 million has been obligated to the Puerto Rico Education Department for 115 permanent […]
The Puerto Rico Education Department has not complied with the requirements laid out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency related to some $322 million awarded after Hurricane María in 2017, earmarked for recovery efforts. A report released last week detailing the findings of an audit commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the […]
National University College has joined the Education Department to offer online courses to help high school students residing in the island’s southern region affected by earthquakes complete their semester. The courses will be offered through NUC’s online division and its IBC Institute Extension Centers. Students who complete online courses with National University College may validate […]
The donation of laptops was made through Telenet’s “Adopt a School” program and were delivered Wednesday by the Liberty Foundation, Liberty Puerto Rico’s nonprofit organization.
The Puerto Rico Department of Education recently partnered with Silicon Valley-based Declara to launch a pilot project to connect secondary-level teachers on a single content-rich platform where they will develop professional learning communities, support each other in their endeavors, share best practices and success stories.
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