He is most remembered today as a strong proponent of bilingual education, and he was appointed as Commissioner of Education in 1937 by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt. His first task on taking the office was to increase the teaching of English in schools, in preference over Spanish. The intention was that while students would be taught in elementary school in Spanish, they would gradually be taught increasingly in English through high school. His revised education policies were reversed in 1942.
josé, miguel, gallardo, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2015, learn, when, r. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Jose Miguel Gallardo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jose Miguel Gallardo September 29 1897 July 18 1976 was a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and two time acting governor of Puerto Rico He and his wife fellow professor Ida Gallardo lived most of their adult lives in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico Jose Miguel GallardoActing Governor of Puerto RicoIn office July 24 1941 September 19 1941Preceded byGuy J Swope acting Succeeded byRexford TugwellIn office November 28 1940 February 3 1941Preceded byWilliam D LeahySucceeded byGuy J Swope acting Personal detailsBorn 1897 09 29 September 29 1897San German Puerto Rico SpainDiedJuly 18 1976 1976 07 18 aged 79 Rio Piedras Puerto Rico U S Political partyDemocraticEducationPark University BA Pennsylvania State University University Park MA University of North Carolina Chapel Hill PhD University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras LLB Graduated from with a Bachelors in Arts from Park College Received his M A degree at Pennsylvania State University He is most remembered today as a strong proponent of bilingual education and he was appointed as Commissioner of Education in 1937 by President Franklin D Roosevelt His first task on taking the office was to increase the teaching of English in schools in preference over Spanish The intention was that while students would be taught in elementary school in Spanish they would gradually be taught increasingly in English through high school His revised education policies were reversed in 1942 In 1941 he put the island on war alert after the Attack on Pearl Harbor External links EditThe Political Side of Bilingual Education Some remembrances of him written by his nephew Political officesPreceded byWilliam D Leahy Governor of Puerto RicoActing1940 1941 Succeeded byGuy J SwopePreceded byGuy J Swope Governor of Puerto RicoActing1941 Succeeded byRexford Tugwell This article about a Puerto Rican politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jose Miguel Gallardo amp oldid 1134973005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
