Puerto Rico Teachers Association

The Puerto Rico Teachers Association (Spanish: Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico) is one of the trade unions that represents teachers in Puerto Rico. Its mission is to promote and defend the right of every person to free secular public education.[1] It is one of the oldest organizations based in Puerto Rico, tracing back its history to 1911.[2]

Puerto Rico Teachers Association
Native nameAsociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico
FoundedJuly 8, 1911 (1911-07-08)
Key peopleAida L. Díaz de Rodríguez, President
Office locationSan Juan, Puerto Rico
CountryPuerto Rico
Websiteamprnet.org

References

  1. Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico vs. Secretario de Educación de Puerto Rico, 2002 TSPR 58 (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico May 9, 2002).
  2. del Moral, Solsiree (2013). Negotiating Empire: The Cultural Politics of Schools in Puerto Rico, 1898–1952. University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
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