Schools Matter: A New American Student Movement Comes to Life, in Puerto Rico

Schools Matter: A New American Student Movement Comes to Life, in Puerto Rico

A New American Student Movement Comes to Life, in Puerto Rico

by Jim Horn

From the NYTimes:

MIAMI — Thousands of students at the University of Puerto Rico who went on strike two months ago to oppose severe budget cuts declared victory on Thursday after reaching an agreement with administrators.

As part of a deal brokered by a court-appointed mediator, students would end their strike — one of the largest and longest such walkouts in Puerto Rican history — in exchange for a number of concessions. Most notably, the university’s Board of Regents has agreed to cancel a special fee that would have effectively doubled the cost to attend the university’s 11 public campuses.

The deal also includes a promise that there will be no sanctions against strike organizers, who clashed at times with the police at the main Río Piedras campus outside San Juan.