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Dr. John Eaton former commoisioner of education in USA and his co-worker Victor Clark stated the teachers in the Island needed to learn English.
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Creation of the Department of Public Instruction with a designated commisioner.
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The education policy in Puerto Rico was to retain Spanish and acquire English, Elementary grades all subject would be in Spanish with English as a special subject; High school subject would de in English with Spanish as a special subject.
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Increaesed the use of English in schools with the idea of making it the official language of some schools.
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Spanish is eliminated and English is used as the language of instruction at all levels of the school system.
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The use of Spanish in first grade is introduced for some courses like Hygiene and Health.
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Presented a law project to make Spanish a compulsory language in schools again.
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First World War breaks out and Puerto Ricans were granted with United States citizenship.
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Spanish would be the language of instruction in grades from first through fourth and that English would be used only in half of the subjects in the fifth grade.
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John B. Huyke Commissioner of Education stated that everyone should use every opportunity to learn English ,nside and outside of class.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States complainied that Puerto Rico had not learned English after all these years so Gallardo tried to implement a Bilingual program but he was not allow.
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Spanish returned to prevail through sixth grade and English as continued subject.
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Ended the debate on bilingualism and decided to teach English in all grades.
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Both the Department of Education and the Universities requested funds to meet the needs of students returning from the United States.
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1972-1976 under the PPD goverment Bilingual schools were created. First schools to participate Padre Rufo and Papa Juan XXIII.
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Bingual education expands to the United States of America.
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The bilingual education program passed to the English department.
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Bilingual education becomes autonomous.
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Governor Pedro Rosello implements ,one of the eleven bilingual schools starting from k-5th. Today it attends students from K-12th including advanced classes.
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Governor Luis Fortuño implements Bilingual program to various schools.