TY - BOOK AU - Schmidt,Jorge R. TI - The Politics of English in Puerto Rico's Schools SN - 9781935049944 PY - 2023///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; 1 The Politics of Education and Language --; 2 The Educational Language Gap --; 3 Who's in Charge? --; 4 The English Question --; 5 Uses of English in Puerto Rico --; 6 Language Stakeholders --; 7 The Implications of Language Diversity --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - How have colonial and partisan politics in Puerto Rico affected the language used in public schools? What can we learn from the conflict over the place of English in Puerto Rican society? How has the role of English evolved over time? Addressing these questions, Jorge Schmidt incisively explores the complex relationships among politics, language, and education in Puerto Rico from 1898, when Spain ceded the island to the United States, to the present UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685855369 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685855369 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685855369/original ER -