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All English Teachers
All teachers should learn English. -
Department of Public Instruction
Educational policy was that Spanish will be conserved and English will be acquire. -
English dominated Puerto Rican Public Education
Increased the use of English. All couses were taught in English at high schools. -
Teachers are sent to United States
540 teachers were sent to study at Harvard and Cornel Universities during theSummer. -
Spanish language is suppressed from Puerto Rican schools
English became the official method of teaching all grades in the school system. -
Angry teachers
The teachers didn't approved all the conditions and created a separatist movement. -
Spanish in first grade
Health, hygiene and reading courses were authorized in Spanish language. -
Spanish the medium of teaching
A law project made the Spanish as the compulsory medium of instruction. -
World War I
Citizenship was granted to Puerto Ricans. -
Licensed Juan B. Huyke as Commissioner of Education
In that moment there is more emphasis on the use of English. -
English is considerated as a foreing language
Dr> José Padín exposed that from a pedagogic point of view. -
The President of the United States wanted to be English our language
José M. Gallardo is the new commissioner of education. -
Spanish is the main language in schools
From first to sixth grade Spanish prevailed. English was just another subject. -
Teaching in English ends
Governor of commonwalth of Puerto Rico Luis Muños Marín ended the practice. -
Muños Marín established Spanish as main language of instruction
English is taught for one period a day as a second language. -
Spanish is used as first language up to ninth grade
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Spanish declared as official language
Dr. Mariano Villaronga finally put Spanish as the official first language for all public schools levels. -
United States created the Bilingual Teaching
President Johnson signed it, but it was not until 1974 that it made a boom. -
Puerto Rico asked for funds to help English language students
The Department of Education and some Universities asked for funds to meet the necessities of students who came to Puerto Rico and their mother language was English. -
Bilingual projects in Puerto Rico
The congress of the United States authorized to bilingual education projects in Puerto Rico have the focus to learning Spanish for the better functioning of the return of students in the education system. -
Implemented Bilingual Schools in Puerto Rico
Implementation of bilingual projects in two schools in Puerto Rico. Padre Rufo and Papa Juan XXIII. -
Bilingual Certification Law is signed.
Governor Carlos Romero Barceló signed it but it was not fully implanted. The teachers who applicates for it have a lot of trouble to obtain it. -
Migrant students constitued a portion of schools population in Puerto Rico
10% of stduents in Puerto rico studied in United States. -
"Spanish Only" legislation approved by the Popular Party
Spanish is the official language in Puerto Rico. -
Law #4, is revoked
This law is revoked and substitued in 1993 for law number 1. -
Four projects for the Department of Education are approved
Governor Rafael Hernandez Colón sign them two for the UMET, one for Sagrado Corazón and two for Universidad del Turabo. -
Puerto Rico statistics of Bilingual schools
Only 12 of the island's 1,472 schools offer an all English curriculum of the sort envisioned by Fortuño, while 35 other schools offer some courses in English, such as math and physical education said the Education Secretary Edwin Moreno.
