Puerto Rican teachers walk off the job.

In the largest public school walkout since 2008 Puerto Rican teachers hit the bricks in a one day strike over wages and working conditions.

AP reports:

Teachers walked off their jobs Thursday in a one-day strike over staff and funding levels in Puerto Rican schools, giving students an unplanned day off barely three weeks into the new academic year.

The Federation of Teachers said it paralyzed 90 percent of the 1,500 public schools in the U.S. island territory. Education officials said 30,000 teachers stayed away from their posts, while about 13,000 teachers went to work.

“The effect? Devastating, definitely,” Interim Education Secretary Jesus Rivera Sanchez told reporters at a school that stayed open.

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