Last Monday was the first day of school in Puerto Rico, and it was a disorganized and chaotic disaster thanks to the government’s cruel assault on public education. More than 250 public schools, many of them in excellent condition and with full enrollment, have been shut down, over the objections of their communities.

On Wednesday, educators will set a different tone — with a one-day strike to save their schools.

Eleven months after Hurricane María struck, there are signs everywhere of how a system with upside-down priorities made the natural disaster so much worse — but education is an especially clear example.

Source: Standing Against Privatization: Puerto Rico’s Teachers Strike