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English has been taught on the island as a result of Spanish American War
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Dr. John Eaton established that all the teachers of P.R most learn English.
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In 1900 all elementary school students will learn spanish and English as a special class and in the High schools all the classes will be given in English and spanish will be given as a special class.
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540 teachers from Puerto Rico were sent to united States to study English at Gornell and Harvard University. Teachers had to take an anual text of Enlgish. Was established a classification system for the teachers.
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Theodore Roosvelt's commissioner of education re-established English as a medium of instruction in all grades.
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At this time there was a law project that made compulsory Spanish as a medium of instruction.
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Spanish was reinstated as a vehicle of instruction in the grades of first to forth grade and the English will be used in half of the subjects of fifth to eight grade and in secundary schools, the other half will be in Spanish.
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Dr. Jose Padin policy required all subjects except English to be tought in Spanish in the first eight grades.
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Gallardo tried to implant a bilingual program at schools but there were a lot of public dislike.
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The commisioner of instruction Dr. Mariano Villaronga decreed the teaching of Spanish in all levels.
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In this period were implanted in Puerto Rico under the government of "Partido Popular Democratico" the bilingual proyects in the school "Padre Rufo y Papa Juan XXIII.
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Spanish is the vernacular Language of instruction in all grades of school and University and English will continue to be teached as a second language.There are some schools implementing bilingua leducation.
