Teachers' Union in Puerto Rico Files Lawsuit to Stop Charters and Vouchers

“Lawmakers and the island’s governor recently approved legislation to allow charter schools and voucher programs throughout the territory, and in response, a teachers union filed a lawsuit aiming to stop the island from further privatizing its school system.” Truthdig reports that “Edwin Morales, who heads a teachers’ union, was arrested after breaking into the Education Department building to ask questions about the decision to allow charter schools and vouchers. He said, ‘We are talking about vouchers. We are talking about charter schools. We are talking about the possibility of firing teachers that, for us as a union, doesn’t help the island to recover.’”