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Tapia Theater serves as scenario for the first Assembly after the America occupation. One of the most important topics discussed were the dissolution of the Spanish Provincial Board for Public Education which would be substituted by the establishment of the Bureau of Education.
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Former comissioner of Education Dr. John Eaton is named to take charge of Puerto Rico's educational change. Dr.Victor Clark, Eaton's assistnat, establishes in his report teachers neeed to learn English. He also points out the lack of a pure spanish idiom therefore he believed it would be as easy to teach in English.
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Some dramatical changes experienced during this period were: Spanish was used to teach all subjects and English was taught as aspecial subject in elementary school. English was usedto teach all subjects and Spanish was taught as a special subject.
Special emphasis was given to teach students the american culture from saluting the flag to celebrating the birth of american patriots. -
The use of the English language is raised in the schools of Puerto Rico with the intention of makingit the oficial language used in schools.
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540 teachers are sent to the US to study in the University of Cornell and Harvard during the summer of of 1904
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Teachers are forced to receive courses to learn English. Teachers who speak English raregive 10 dollars extrain their monthly salary. Teachersareforceto takeatest in English yearly; teachers who don't passtwoyearsin a row loss their licence. Policiesare are very stricted.
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Teachers condenmed the EnglishOnly policy as a threat to the Puerto Rican identity.
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Health, Personal Higiene and Reading were taught in Spanish once again in first grade.
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A bill is presented to make the spanish language the official language for teaching in Puerto Rico.
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Spanish isused as themeansofteachingfirst to fourth grade. From fifth grade through twelfth grade subjectsaretaught half in English andthe other halfin Spanish.
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After the First World War Puerto Rico experiences a difficult era for the economical,social and educational aspects. Immediately the Spanish language in the Island was mention asone of the negativefactorsfor this issue . Independently, Dr.José Padín, Comissioner of Education in Puerto Rico,asanintectual andnotapoliticien made the distinction that English was a foreign anguage andhad tobetaugh as a second language..
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In 1936 Dr.Pádín resigns as the Commissioner of Instructions. José M. Gallard is named to ocuppy the position with a great responsability. The Presindent ofthe US complains because after 38 years ofthe american ocupation Puerto Ricans still did not speak English as their native tongue.
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Trying to impose once again the English language as the means to instruction he faces a strong public opposition. The English language is viewed as assimilation and reducing the use of the English language is viewed as anti-americanism.Gallardo is tried to implement a bilingual program but the constant protest did not permit such program.
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Spanish is used to teach all subject up to sixth grade and English is taught as a special subject.English is used to teachal subjects from seventh through twelfth grade and Spanishis taught asaspecial subject.
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Spanish is used for teaching from first through nineth grade.
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The new Commissionar of Instruction decrets the use of the Spanish language as the oficial language for teaching fromfirst to twelfth grade.
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President Johnson sings the law for Biligual Education
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Padre Rufo and Papa Juan Pablo XXIII
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Under the Popular Democratic Party admimistration bilingual education is established as aprogran in the Department of Education.
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Under the New Progresive Party.
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The Department of Educations receives funds to attended students that are returning fron the US Four new proyects are aproved with federal funds for this matter. Under the Popular Democratic Party.
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The new Secretaryof Education names a Director to head the Bilingual Program.
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This project seeks to create a nurturing evironment that engages students in the need of learning the two languages.No languageismoreimportant than the other and biculturation is promoted through different expressions of arts.
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Teachers are selectedto complete a Bilingual Certificates to become highly qualified for the Proyect, Math andScienceareto be taught in English while social studies isto betaught in Spanish
