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Dr. John Eaton and Dr. Victor Clark established all teachers should learn English and was introduced teaching all the classes in English in the public schools.
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Theodore Roosevelts Commissioner re-established English as the medium of instruction in all grades.
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540 teachers were sent to the United States to the Cornell University and Harvard during Summer of 1904.
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The English was established in all the schools. A separatist movement emerged and they adopted the Spanish as language for education. Also the separatist condemned the use of English because they thought it was a threat to the Puerto Rican identity.
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The Spanish was introduced to first grade for some courses and it was recommended the reading in Spanish.
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Linguistic controversy continued with political tone. During this time the Commissioner Paul G. Miller was in defense o English and José de Diego was in defense of Spanish.
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Commissioner of Education José Padín introduced a language policy to taught all classes in Spanish and th English class as a second language from first grade.
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Language policy shift again when Blanton S Winthrop made English The language of instruction in all grades.
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English was re-established as the language of instruction in the secondary schools.
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1948-English was to be taught for one period a day as a second language.
1949-Mariano Villaronga finished the debate of bilingualism ordering the use of the native language in all levels of the public schools. -
Since this days the Department of Education requested funds for the students that returned from the United States.
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During this time it was implemented a bilingual project in Padre Rufo school and Papa Juan XXIII school.
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United States Congress authorized the bilingual education projects for the best performance of the students who returns to department of Education in Puerto Rico.
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This was an example of language policies directed toward advancing political goals.
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The " Spanish only" legislation was revoked and substituted for Law number I, which established both English and Spanish as official Language on the island.
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BEC 21 pilot program began in 31 schools offering Science and Math in English. With this program there is many controversies.
