Puerto Ricans push back against the privatization of schools

March 6, 2018

Crisis & Natural Disasters/Education & Healthcare/Latin America

In the midst of residents picking up the pieces of their lives from the rumble of two category 5 hurricanes, they find themselves in another storm — fighting the looming possibility of the privatization of their schools.

First came the disaster, then came disaster capitalism. Documentarian, Jennifer Wager captures how the island fights to keep public schools.

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Jennifer Wager is an award-winning filmmaker and documentarian, and communications professor.

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