Living in California comes with a sociocultural belief that the only approved and acceptable language to speak is English. Looking at our schools and our multicultural society, it is quite the opposite. From an education perspective, we are seeing an influx of languages ​​and students born or migrating to America. Most non-English speaking children today are born in the United States. Our civil rights state that we are equal in human rights and can receive the same treatment, even in educational programs. In California, the primary language taught in public schools is English. Our English ethnocentrism gave rise to the Nationality Act of 1906 which required immigrants to speak English for naturalization purposes, which led to the Security Act of 1950 which also required reading and writing in English . Throughout our historical evolution of civil rights, we have seen many examples of struggles. for the equalization of rights, in particular so that our non-English speaking students benefit from fair treatment. Examining the historical foundations of language and teaching for English learners, parents have become enraged by the discrimination that plagues our public school systems. Major historical changes have occurred since the “sink or swim” mentality of the early 1900s in public education of English language learners. According to http://www.colorincolorado.org/policy/history/, the timeline provided below, some of the key indicators have been established to lead us to where we are today in terms of equal human rights. education for all students.• Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the operation of all federally assisted programs.• The Act on Bilingual Education, Title VII of Elem...... middle of paper ......improvements could help impact our ever-changing multicultural state of California. As teachers, we can integrate students' native language into learning while teaching them the requirements that California has set as standard language. Works Cited Foundations for Multilingualism in Education (Caslon, 2011) ELL Policy History. Retrieved from http://www.colorincolorado.org/policy/history/A Chronology of Federal Law and Policy Impacting Language Minority StudentsBy: Texas Education Agency (2011) Retrieved from (http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/50856 /).Krashen, Stephen D Second Language Acquisition and Second Language LearningPearson Custom Text Ch. 17 p. 353O'Connell, Jack, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Notes on the State of Education, 2006 www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/.../elfaq.doc‎Pearson Custom Text Education SPE 481 Chapter 17 p. 328-353