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Hispanic-American War
Hispanic-American War -
Puerto Rican Teachers should learn English!
Dr. John Eaton established that Puerto Rican teachers should learn English and the ones that follow those directions would have preference to be hired. -
Department of Education
Creation of the Department of Education -
Emphasis in American Culture
The educational policie consisted in the conservation of Spanish and the adquisition of the English Language. They emphasized in the American Culture. -
English the Official Language
An increased in the English Language in schools was used with the idea of making it the official language in Puerto Rican schools. They sent teachers to prepare in the U.S. They established the clasification system of teachers. -
Not Spanish!
They eliminated the spanish in all courses and grades. -
English Language
They established the English Language and 35,000 students were assisted. -
Spanish Again!
They introduced the use of spanish in First Grade for some courses. -
Compulsory Spanish
They presented a bill to make spanish compulsory as a way of teaching and in the judicial system. -
Spanish and English
They established that Spanish will be taught from 1st to 4th and English from 5th to High School. -
Linguistic Controversy
The linguistic controversy continue politic according to the perspective. First War started and Puerto Ricans obtained their citizenship. -
Bye Miller!
Dismissal of Commissioner Miller. -
Speak English!
Commissionare Huyke arrived to the Dept. of Public Instruction giving English greater importance. He wanted the daily conversations between teachers and students to bein English. -
A Strange Tongue
Dr. Jose Padin exposed that English is a strange tongue to Puerto Ricans and he fougt for the prevalence of Spanish as a way of instruction. -
Yes! to Spanish
Spanish Language gains importance again and the English was only another subject. -
Teaching Tool
They use spanish as the teaching tool fom first to 9th grade. -
Elimination of Bilingualism
Dr. Mariano Villaronga eliminated bilingualism in all teaching levels in public education. -
Bilingual Education
The Bilingual Education Law was signed by President Johnson. -
Federal Funds
The Dept. of Education and the Universities asked for Federal Funds to attend the needs of the sudents that came from the United States. -
Bilingual Schools
Two Bilingual Schools were approved by the PPD. -
Bilingual Proyects
The United States authorized bilingual proyects. -
Sudents from United States
84,834 students were identified as coming from the United States. They identified needs in these students. -
Bilingual Proyects
During the government of the Popular Party the following project was created: "Enseñanza pre-escolar de transicion bilingue". A draft was prepared at the state level to meet the needs of returning students. -
English to Department
The New Party in government transfered the program to the English Department. -
ESL
Four bills are presented for the Department of Education. Two of them were created for the Metropolitan University and one in English as a second language for the Sagrado Corazon University. -
Bilingual Projects
The bilingual projects were once again autonomous. The census continues to show that there is a reed for bilingual education. -
Fluency in English
The governor of Puerto Rico is trying to make puerto Ricans fluent in English.
