Million dollars to train more Native American teachers in Wisconsin (fwd link)

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Million dollars to train more Native American teachers in Wisconsin

Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2012 9:38 am

by MONTE STEWART, WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO

A $1.1 million federal grant will enable the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa
Community College and UW-Superior to turn out more Native American school
teachers.

The goal of the Future Indian Teachers Project is to have 15 students earn
their degrees in education from UW-Superior by 2015. Project Coordinator
Sarah Butler says having this program will help the students but also the
kids they end up teaching. “A lot of kids around here, it’s really
important for them to get back into that culture, the language, and their
traditions. So having that need with Native American teachers helping those
students identify with those that are already in these communities whether
that’s LCO, Lac Du Flambeau, Red Cliff, Bad River, St. Croix. You know it’s
really important for them to study that along with the adults that are
going through this program.”

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