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English teachers will have a job
John Eaton, Ex Educational Commissioner and his helper Dr. Clark established that Puerto Rican teachers had to learn English. Those who learned it had the advantage of being hired for teaching. -
The creation of an Instruction Department
The Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico is created with an assigned commissioner. -
Spanish as a first language; English as an acquisition
The educational policy was to conserve Spanish and to acquire English: Spanish in the primary grade and English as a separate class. -
English the official language
The use of English was intensified as a means to convert it into the official language of the schools in Puerto Rico. -
English Summer Workshops
Five hundred and forty Puerto Rican teachers are sent to the universities of Cornell and Harvard to study English during the summer. -
No Spanish
Spanish use is suppressed and English is used as the means of teaching in all the school grades. -
High enrollment of students due to more English teachers
English teachers flourished making it possible to establish the English language as the oficial language for education with a high enrollment of students.(35,000) -
Spanish only for first grade
Spanish is used in first grade for some classes like, Hygiene, Health, and Reading. -
Back to Spanish
A law is introduced to make Spanish the compulsory teaching language in Puerto Rico. -
Spanish/English
Spanish was established as the means of teaching from first to fourth grade. From fifth grade English would be used in half of the classes and Spanish in the other half. -
American Citizenship
The political controversy continues. World War 1 starts and the American citizenship is given to the Puerto Ricans. It is stated to teach the children about patriotism. -
English language at all times, even outside the classroom.
Juan B. Huyke became Instruction Commissioner. In that moment more emphasis is given to English and it is encouraged to be used at all times in order to learn it. The teachers and students were asked to use English even outside of the classroom. The books were published in English. The printing of Spanish materials was prohibited. -
English as a foreign language
Jose Padin established English as a foreign language in a pedagogical perspective. He encouraged to use Spanish as the means of instruction. English was emphasized as a second language with many programs. -
No English after 38 years of occupation
President Roosevelt complained that Puerto Ricans had not learned English after 38 years of American occupation. He wanted all the education to be given in English so that the next generation could know English. -
Spanish up to six grade; English as a separate subject
Spanish prevailed as the means of instruction up to the sixth grade and English continued as a separate subject. -
Spanish until ninth grade
The vernacular Spanish was to be used as the means of instruction up to the ninth grade. -
Spanish language prevails
Dr. Mariano Villaronga puts an end to the bilingual debate by stating that Spanish was to be used in all school levels starting in the 1949-50 school year. This prevails today. -
Fedral money for Education
The Department of Public Instruction and the Universities asked for funds to attend the students who came from the United States. -
The Catholic Church and the Bilingual projects in Puerto Rico
Padre Rufo and Papa Juan XXIII established Bilingual Projects in Puerto Rico. -
Bilingual projects transfer to the English Department
The Bilingual Education Program, already established, stops being a program and their projects were transfered to the English Department. -
Law # 4 - Spanish only
Under the government of Rafael Hernández Colón the "Spanish Only" was approved as, Law Number 4, April 5, 1991. -
Law # 1 English and Spanish as oficial language
Under the government of Pedro Roselló Law Number 1 January 28, 1993 proclaims as official languages of the island both, English and Spanish. -
Bilingual schools survive
The Bilingual Citizen Project established various bilingual schools in the island. Among the ones that have survived is the Antonio González Suárez in Añasco. -
New Bilingual projects
There are new bilingual initiatives in Puerto Rico under the BEC-21 and ES-21 projects
