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Beginning of history
Puerto Rico was transferred from Spanish to United States hands. Is established that the teachers must learn English. -
Department of Public Instruction
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. -
Official Language
They increase the use of the English language with the idea of making it the official language in the schools of Puerto Rico. -
English Only
The English was the only method of teaching all the courses in schools.(1905-1913) -
Re-introduction of Spanish
They started giving Spanish courses in first grade. -
Spanish and English
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. -
American citizen
Continuty of the controversial political linguistic and the Recognition for the Puerto Ricans as American Citizens. -
Juan B. Huyke
The commissioner of Instruction Juan B. Huyke made an emphasis to continue using English language. -
Dr. Jose Padin
Dr. Jose Padin , comissioner at that year made emphasis to enrich Spanish as the native language and English as a second language. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
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. -
Spanish comes back
Until sixth grade Spanish was the prevailing language and the English was just as an assignment. -
Luis Muñoz Marín
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. -
Bilingual Education
The president of the United States , Lyndon Johnson
signed the law of Bilingual Education, -
1972-1976
The establishment of the bilingual projects in the "Padre Rufo" and "Papa Juan XXIII" schools -
Carlos Romero Bacerlo
Carlos Romero Bacerlo transfered the bilingual projects to the Department of English and signed the Bilingual Education Certification. -
Cemi Project
This project is a bilingual project with academic excellence, CEMI, with federal funds. -
Project Success
Bilingual Education Transitional Computer Project -
Bilingual Progam
The Bilingual projects became authenthic and Jose Arsenio Torres assigned a director for the Program. -
Pedro Rossello
Pedro Rossello first offcial act was to make both English and Spanish the official languages. -
Bilingual School
The Specialized Regional Bilingual Elementary Antonio Gonzalez Suarez School was founded. -
Sergio Ramirez de Arellano- Eugenio Maria de Hostos
The Specialized Regional Bilingual Secondary Sergio Ramirez de Arellano- Eugenio Maria de Hostos School was founded in 1999. -
Luis G. Fortuno Burset
He established that all the schools in Puerto Rico will have the Bilingual Education.
