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Puerto Rico's school system braces for change: closures and charters

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 26, 2018
Government officials plan to close over 280 public schools, combine resources and introduce charter schools and a private school voucher program to the island.
Second grade teacher Pierette Hidalgo leads students and parents in a chant during a school closing protest at Escuela Elemental John F. Kennedy in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico on April 17, 2018. The school is one of 283 schools slated to be close on the island following population declines.
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Why liberal arts colleges are struggling

by Adriene Hill
Mar 4, 2015
Sweet Briar College says it will close at the end of the academic year.
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Rural schools are struggling to keep the lights on

by Sarah Alvarez
Jan 25, 2014
When rural families leave to search for better jobs, schools scramble to make cuts -- and may even shut down.
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