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Puerto Rico was transferred from Spanish to United States hands. Is established that the teachers must learn English.
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The creation of the Department of Public Instruction, and the educational policy was that the conservation of the Spanish language and the adquisition of the English. In high school all the courses where taught in English.
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They increase the use of the English language with the idea of making it the official language in the schools of Puerto Rico.
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The English was the only method of teaching all the courses in schools.(1905-1913)
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They started giving Spanish courses in first grade.
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It is established that they must teach Spanish from first grade to fourth and for fifth grade up they must give half classes in English and the other in Spanish.
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Continuty of the controversial political linguistic and the Recognition for the Puerto Ricans as American Citizens.
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The commissioner of Instruction Juan B. Huyke made an emphasis to continue using English language.
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Dr. Jose Padin , comissioner at that year made emphasis to enrich Spanish as the native language and English as a second language.
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The president of the United States at 1936 complained that in 38 years of the States Dominating Puerto Rico, the island didn't know English and he wished that all of the education was offered in English. Jose M. Gallardo tried to implant a bilingual education but without sucess.
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Until sixth grade Spanish was the prevailing language and the English was just as an assignment.
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The first governor elected by the Puerto Ricans, established Spanish as the language of instruction in all grades. English was to be taught for one period a day as a second language.
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The president of the United States , Lyndon Johnson
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The establishment of the bilingual projects in the "Padre Rufo" and "Papa Juan XXIII" schools
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Carlos Romero Bacerlo transfered the bilingual projects to the Department of English and signed the Bilingual Education Certification.
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This project is a bilingual project with academic excellence, CEMI, with federal funds.
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Bilingual Education Transitional Computer Project
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The Bilingual projects became authenthic and Jose Arsenio Torres assigned a director for the Program.
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Pedro Rossello first offcial act was to make both English and Spanish the official languages.
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The Specialized Regional Bilingual Elementary Antonio Gonzalez Suarez School was founded.
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The Specialized Regional Bilingual Secondary Sergio Ramirez de Arellano- Eugenio Maria de Hostos School was founded in 1999.
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He established that all the schools in Puerto Rico will have the Bilingual Education.
