Talk:Education in Puerto Rico/Archive 1

Archive 1

Homeschooling

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The facts presented in the homeschooling section are interesting and bring to light the controversy that seems to exist in the island regarding this subject. I reworded the paragraphs in this section, however, because I believe that the previous statements were advocating a position for homeschooling, and for homeschooling legislation in particular. To be specific, stating that "The lack of public policy [..] has contributed to furthering ignorance and controversy about the practice [...]" claims without proof that (1) "ignorance" exists about homeschooling and (2) this "ignorance" is aggravated by the lack of public pulicy. Furthermore, by not stating what the "ignorance" is about, the sentence may be construed as implying that people who are opposed to homeschooling are somehow ignorant. In any case, the sentence is just too vague. I believe that the slight slant on the issue (perhaps unintentional) detracts from the credibility of the article. I hope that the new wording will present the sentiments of the legislation advocates in a way that is neutral. I added citation requests where citations are missing - please feel free to provide them if available. Thanks for your contributions to this article! Regards, --colibri-- 04:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

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Basic structure

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On sentence explains the structure of Puerto Rico schools. This seem identical to the United States, of which PR is a commonwealth state. I'm wondering if it would be more appropriate to link or point to the Education in the United States article, where appropriate, to emphasize the similarities. English-speaking readers (outside PR) may be surprised, which is the point, I think.Student7 (talk) 22:15, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

While they may be similar in the way that legislation on education in the U.S. also apply to Puerto Rico, they're not the same at all. I think even the fact that they're not given in the same language is a huge difference in itself. Madgirl 15 (talk) 04:48, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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Number of students

Couldn't find the quantity of primary and secondary students. I'm guessing about one million from the number of teachers. Student7 (talk) 21:53, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

 Added. Not even close, it's much much fewer than that and dwindling. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 03:22, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

In the meantime, needing a figure, I had found one at http://puerto-rico.educationbug.org/public-schools/?subdomain=puerto-rico. The one given here is "close enough" IMO. Student7 (talk) 23:35, 21 January 2015 (UTC)