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Dr. John Eaton establish that tecaher in Puerto Rico should learn English. Those who kenew the language would be the first to find jobs. Students in elementary schools took all the classes in Spanish, the English class was a special course. Students in High schools took all the classes in English, the Spanish class was a special course.
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Theodore Roosevelt's re- establish English as the medium of instruction in all grades.
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During summer time 540 teachers were sent to the United States to study in Harvard and Cornell University. Teachers had to take an English test every year.
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All the classes were taught in English. Teacher were obligated to take an English class once a week, take a test once a year,
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Spanish was used in first grade to teach Reading and Health.
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Juan B. Huyke was the Commissioner of Instruction. Students and teachers were supposed to talk in English at all times.
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The Comisioner Jose Padin was the first one who said that we should see English as a second language. Geography, History and Math were imparted in Spanish.
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United Staates teachers were employed on the Island to improve the quality of English.
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Spanish was stablish as the primary language for all the classes between First and Fourth grade. From Fifth to high schools only half of the classes were imparted in english.
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The Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marin, establish Spanish as the language of instruction in all grades. English was going to be taught for only one period a day as a second language.
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All the classes were in Spanish and English became a second language. This is the way we have been until 2012.
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Thanks to the '' Lau versus Nichols'' the bilingual education became famous in the United States.
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This law revoked the ''Spanish Only'' Legislation approved by the Popular party in 1991. The law establish English and Spanish as official languages on the Island.
