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PuertoRico cede to U.S. under Treaty of Paris. Military goverment established and Englis as medium of instruction. Dr. John Eaton and Dr. Victor Clark establish teachers should learn English to obtian better opportunities on bieng hired.
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foracker Act installs civil administration with governor and commssioner of education appointed by U.S. Official Languages Act passed-English and Spanish co official language. The educational policy proposed tha Spanish will be kept and English was going to be learned as a special course.
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The use of English increased with the vison of making it the officlal language in Puerto Rican school.
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Spanish is suppressed. The English language is used as the teaching tool in all grades of the School System.
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Spanish language is used in First grade in courses such as Hygiene, Health, and Reading.
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A proposal was presented to make mandatory the use of Spanish as the teaching tool.
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Spanish as medium of instrution in grades First to Fourth grade and English was going to be used in half of the provided course from Fifth to twelfth.In high school,
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Jones Act declrw puerto Ricans to be U.S. Citizens.
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Lic. Juan B. Huyke emphasized on the use of English inside and outside the classroom to both students and teachers
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Dr. José Padín presented the use of English as foriegn language for educational purposes and use of the Spanish as tool for instruction. English was taugth as secoond language.
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Commissioner José M. Gallardo tried to implement Bilingual Programs unsuccessfully because people thougth that using more English was going to lead to assimilation and not using it meant to being "Anti-American".
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Spanish as medium of intruction in grades1-2 wtih English as subject in grades 3-8, Spanish and Engish with increasing emphasis on English in high school, English as medium of instruction with Spanish as subject.
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Spanish until sixth grade prevailed and English was taugh as a course.
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Bills proposing Spanish as sole medium of instruction passed by Puerto rican legislature but vetoed by President Truman.
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Spnish used as tool for instruction until ninth grade.
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Dr. Mariano Villarongo established the use os Spanish at all school levels and English as mandatory course. ( policy that we have nowadays in most schools in Puerto Rico).
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Fund were solicited to address students who return from the U.S. to puerto Rico, the Bilingual Education Programs.
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Padre Rufo and Papa Juan XXIII Bilingual Project take places in Puerto Rico under the 'Partido Popular Democratico" goverment.
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The USA congress authorired that Bilingual Education projects had bettre focus o teaching Spanish to returning students.
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the Bilingual Education Program, already established stops being a program and their projects were transferred to the English Deparment.
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Official languages Act reinstated Spanish an English returned as co-official languages of Puerto Rico.
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Projects from Bilingual Education become autonomous.
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The Bilingual Citizen projects began.
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Bilingual projects take place in Puerto Rico. BEC21 project for Elementary Schools and ES21 for Middle and High Schools.
