Books

Bilingual Education in Puerto Rico

  • Learning English required for Teachers

    Dr. John Eaton , Ex- Commissioner of Education of United States, and his helper, Dr, Victor Clark establish Puertorican teachers must learn English in order to find a job faster.
  • Keep Spanish in schools and English as a Special subject

  • Increase use of English in public schools

    Hard efforts trying to sets English as an official language in public schools.
  • English is used as way of teaching in all grades.

    Spanish is supressed in the scholar system.
  • Spanish Language is introduced in some courses.

    They recommended the reading in the native language
  • Law proyect presented

    To make Spanish the vehicle of teaching
  • Spanish, vehicle for teaching

    for first graders to fourth graders. Use of English from 5th grade to secondary in some subjects
  • Education Commisioner put more emphasis on the use of English

    English is required outside classes, proffesional meetings, Teachers cconversations. Materials publishes in Spanish were prohibited.
  • Dr. Jose Padin fights for sets Spanish as way of teaching

  • Education Commissioner try to implant, unsuccessfully a bilingual program

    Protests prevented that Jose M. Gallardo implant the bilingual program.
  • Spanish prevails in school until 6th grade

  • Spanish is used as a way of teaching until 9th grade

  • Education commissioner ordain Spanish as way of teaching in all levels

    Dr. Mariano Villaronga ends the debate about the languages.