<div class="node-left node-soft-left fieldlayout-region fieldlayout-region-soft-left fieldlayout-region-soft-left-detail"><div class=" caption fieldlayout node-field-field_main_image_caption"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-main-image-caption">

    <div class="field-items">
            <div class="field-item odd">                     Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum 
clarified that he wants all Puerto Rican children to learn English in 
addition to Spanish. But learning two languages could benefit all 
children.        </div>
        </div>
</div>
</div></div>                <div class=" fieldlayout-region fieldlayout-region-body fieldlayout-region-body-detail"><div class=" node-body fieldlayout node-field-body"><p>Last week, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum got into trouble <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/rick-santorum-defends-call-for-puerto-rico-to-adopt-english-after-delegate-defection/">for stating</a> that Puerto Rico needed to adopt English as its main language if it wanted to be considered for statehood.</p>
<p>Later,
 he backtracked a bit, perhaps after someone informed him that both 
English and Spanish were the Caribbean island’s official languages.</p><p>“What I want,” he said <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/santorum-english-condition-statehood-15927731#.T2cmP8xXRQM">in a “clarification” statement</a>
 released by his campaign late in the week, “is for every child in 
Puerto Rico to speak English fluently, in addition to Spanish of 
course."</p><p>Well, Santorum is right to want Puerto Rican children to 
be bilingual. But he shouldn’t be stopping there. Santorum should be 
advocating for <i>all</i> kids — including those living in the current 50 U.S. states — to be raised speaking two languages.</p></div></div><div>you can read the full story at Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum 
clarified that he wants all Puerto Rican children to learn English in 
addition to Spanish. But learning two languages could benefit all 
children.</div>                <div class=" fieldlayout-region fieldlayout-region-body fieldlayout-region-body-detail"><div class=" node-body fieldlayout node-field-body"><p>Last week, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum got into trouble <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/rick-santorum-defends-call-for-puerto-rico-to-adopt-english-after-delegate-defection/">for stating</a> that Puerto Rico needed to adopt English as its main language if it wanted to be considered for statehood.</p>
<p>Later,
 he backtracked a bit, perhaps after someone informed him that both 
English and Spanish were the Caribbean island’s official languages.</p><p>“What I want,” he said <a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/santorum-english-condition-statehood-15927731#.T2cmP8xXRQM">in a “clarification” statement</a>
 released by his campaign late in the week, “is for every child in 
Puerto Rico to speak English fluently, in addition to Spanish of 
course."</p><p>Well, Santorum is right to want Puerto Rican children to 
be bilingual. But he shouldn’t be stopping there. Santorum should be 
advocating for <i>all</i> kids — including those living in the current 50 U.S. states — to be raised speaking two languages.</p><p><br></p><p>Full story</p><p> <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/03/why-all-our-children-should-be-raised-bilingual">http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/03/why-all-our-children-should-be-raised-bilingual</a></p>
</div></div>-- <br><font><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">David M. Balosa</i><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Graduate Student: <br>Language, Literacy and Culture (LLC) PH.D. Program</i><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</font><div style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><i>University Of Maryland, Baltimore County <br></i><i>1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250</i></font></div><br>