The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is working with a local public school district to increase the number of Indian teachers. Forest Funmaker, the tribe's education director, hopes the program will increase the number of Ho-Chunk language teachers. A proposal is being sent to the state Department of Public Instruction for consideration. "It's not like we're trying to say a non-native teacher wouldn't be as effective," Funmaker told The Baraboo News-Republic, "but what we find is after years of trying to integrate someone new into our community, they don't stay. Get the Story:
Campus, district discuss joint learning partnership (The Baraboo News-Republic 10/1)