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275 Days Later: Underly, DPI Still Withhold Public Records on Lowering of State Education Standards
As of Thursday, October 23, 2025, it will have been 275 days since the Dairyland Sentinel filed a lawful open-records request with the Wisconsin Department…
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Shocking Report on Sexual Misconduct and Grooming Investigations in Wisconsin School Draws Immediate Outrage
The recent year-long investigation by the Cap Times revealing that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) failed to publicize more than 200…
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The Wisconsin School Choice Advantage
A Dairyland Sentinel perspectives column by George Mitchell Wisconsin’s top education official favors elimination of Wisconsin’s popular and pioneering…
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WILL Urges DPI to Overhaul School Report Cards for Greater Transparency
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted a detailed set of recommendations to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on…
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Wisconsin DPI Moves to “Update” School Report Card Ratings Amid Ongoing Transparency Concerns
Delafield, WI – May 27, 2025 – The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), led by State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly, announced today, that it…
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Joe Handrick’s Final Look at Wisconsin’s Early Vote for Today’s Election
By Joe Handrick for the Dairyland Sentinel April 1, 2025 This is my final look at Wisconsin’s early vote before the final day of in-person, traditional…
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Evers Vetoes Bill to Reverse Underly’s Testing Changes, Sparks Debate
Published March 28, 2025 MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers vetoed Assembly Bill 1 on Friday, a Republican-backed measure aimed at undoing State Superintendent…
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64 Days Later: Underly, DPI Refuse to Grant Access to Public Records Surrounding Lowering of State Ed Standards
Originally Published March 26, 2025 Sixty-four days have passed since the Dairyland Sentinel filed an open records request with the Wisconsin Department of…
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Joe Handrick Analyzes First Day of Early In Person Absentee Voting
This analysis was posted on X and is based on the earlier data crunching done for Dairyland Sentinel, which can be seen, here. By Joe Handrick Here is the…
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Kinser Edges Underly in DPI Race as School Choice Resonates, Poll Finds
Challenger Brittany Kinser holds a slight lead over incumbent Jill Underly in the race for Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction superintendent, with…
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Up for Grabs: Wisconsin Voters Show Limited Familiarity with Spring Election Candidates, Marquette Poll Finds
Less than a month before the April 1 election, most Wisconsin voters don’t know enough about the candidates for state Supreme Court or state superintendent…
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Probe DPI Over School Report Cards, Testing Standards
March 5, 2025 State legislators kicked off an audit Tuesday targeting the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s school report cards and testing…
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IRG Advocates For Teacher Apprenticeships to Address Shortage
A new report from the Department of Public Instruction reveals a startling trend in Wisconsin’s public schools: nearly 20 percent of Wisconsin teachers leave…
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Powerful State Committee Joins Our Search for Facts from Jill Underly’s Department of Public Instruction
February 26, 2025 In a significant push to unravel the murky decisions behind Wisconsin’s education benchmarks, the Joint Committee on Audit has embarked on…
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DPI Superintendent Candidate Brittany Kinser, In Her Own Words
The current Superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Jill Underly, faces two challengers on February 18th. She is being challenged…
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Underly, DPI Shrug Off Complaints Over State Benchmarks; Superintendent and Her Department Have Yet to Comply With Open Records Request
2.6.25 This is an update to an earlier Dairyland Sentinel post. Although still not providing records requested by Dairyland Sentinel last month, the…
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Dairyland Sentinel Has a Dozen Questions for DPI Candidates, Will Publish Answers Upon Receipt
The current Superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Jill Underly, faces two challengers on February 18th. She is being challenged…
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Bill to Realign State Education Standards
Each year, Wisconsin elementary students take the Forward exam, while high school students take the ACT. Traditionally, the performance categories were…
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Dairyland Sentinel Files Records Request with DPI Over Forward Exam Benchmark Changes
Originally published, January 21, 2025 The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has recently undergone a significant overhaul of the Wisconsin…
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Former Teacher and Principal Brittany Kinser Launches First Video in Campaign for State Schools’ Superintendent
Education reformer Brittany Kinser has launched her first video in her campaign for Secretary of the Department of Public instruction. Kinser has experience…
