The readings this week all centered around the idea of language and rights or ownership of that language. As an elementary school educator, it is crucial for my students to be able to communicate in their home language and for me to be able to respond to them in a language that is familiar to them. Yet, we still have the divide in our elementary schools between General Education students who are taught in English and Bilingual Education students who are taught in their home language until they reach middle school. Another interesting point is that these Bilingual students are supposed to learn in both languages and are required to take assessments in both English and Spanish. The question for me as an educator then becomes am I honoring their home language by forcing them to learn in another language? If this is the expectation in public education, how can we preserve the language rights of students in higher education? One of the ideas that resonated with me in the Introduction was ...