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Empezo el party con PR
Dr. John Eaton and Dr. Victor Clark establish that Puerto Rican teachers should learn English to obtain better opportunities on being hired. -
Primeras Politicas
The educational policy proposed that Spanish will be kept and English was going to be learned as a special course. -
Open Arms
The use of English increased with the vision of making it the official language in Puerto Rican schools. -
No Spanish
Spanish is suppressed. The English language is used as the teaching tool in all grades of the School System. -
Primeros Ajustes
Spanish language was used in First grade in courses such as Hygiene, Health, and Reading. -
Proposal Presented
A proposal was presented to make mandatory the use of Spanish as the teaching tool. -
Mas cambios en las politicas
Spanish was established as the tool for teaching from First to Fourth grade and English was going to be used in half of the provided courses from fifth to twelfth grade. -
Another Idea
Lic. Juan B. Huyke emphasized on the use of English inside and outside the classroom to both students and teachers. -
English is a second language.
Dr. Jose Padin presented the use of English as a foreign language for educational purposes and use Spanish as a tool for instruction. English was taught as a second language. -
People say No
Commissioner Jose M. Gallardo tried to implement Bilingual Programs unsuccessfully because people thought that using more English was going to lead to assimilation and not using it meant being "Anti-American". -
Spanish until sixth grade
Spanish until sixth grade prevailed and English was taught as a course. -
Spanish until ninth grade
Spanish used as a tool for instruction until ninth grade. -
Established the use of spanish
Dr. Mariano Villaronga established the use of Spanish at all school levels and English as a course. (Policy that we have nowadays in most schools in Puerto Rico) -
TESOL established
TESOL is formally established as an organization to meet the needs of the growing population of ELLs in the United States. -
PRTESOL
The Puerto Rican chapter of TESOL (PRTESOL) is officially established. Paquita Ayala becomes the first PRTESOL president -
Reclutamiento bilingue
Funds were solicited to address students who return from the United States to Puerto Rico, the Bilingual Education Program. -
Proyecto bilingue clerical
Padre Rufo and Papa Juan XXIII Bilingual Projects take place in Puerto Rico under the "Partido Popular Democratico" government. -
Congress autorized the Bilingual Educations projects
The USA Congress authorized that Bilingual Education projects had a better focus on teaching Spanish to returning students. -
Federal report
The federal report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform is released. National content standards begin to be developed. -
Bilingual Education Program, established
The Bilingual Education Program, already established, stops being a program and their projects were transferred to the English Department. -
BEC 21 start de project
Bilingual Projects take place in Puerto Rico. BEC 21 project for Elementary Schools and ES21 for Middle and High Schools. -
El precandidato Presidencial habla de Educacion Bilingue
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CyberNews)– El precandidato republicano a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos, Rick Santorum, respaldó hoy la educación bilingüe en la Isla y se comprometió a, de salir electo presidente, asignar recursos para su implementación en Puerto Rico. -
Gobernador Fortuño habla sobre bilinguismo
El gobernador Luis Fortuño calificó de “políticos” los señalamientos de su contendiente por la gobernación de Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, en torno a los llamados intentos de un “trasplante de lengua al alma de este país” al imponer el inglés como vehículo de enseñanza en las escuelas públicas.
“El ser bilingüe no tiene nada que ver con política… tiene que ver con tener posibilidades y oportunidades en el mercado de empleos del siglo 21. De eso es de lo que se trata” señaló F -
Informe Positivo para el BEC21
Miguel Romero recibe informe positivo sobre Iniciativa Bilingüe
