Jill Underly
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Two Audits of DPI Slip to Late Fall; State Won’t Say Why
Two state audits of the Department of Public Instruction are running late, and the agency conducting them won’t say why. The nonpartisan Legislative Audit…
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Everything Wrong With Wisconsin’s Education Bureaucracy in One Speech
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display…
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Portrait of Deceit: Public Records Prove DPI Misled Wisconsinites About “Portrait of a Graduate” Steering Committee
When State Superintendent Jill Underly launched Wisconsin’s “Portrait of a Graduate” initiative in late May, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI)…
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DPI’s “Portrait” of Secrecy: Why Won’t the State Reveal its Education Steering Committee Members?
When a state agency launches a massive new initiative to redefine what public education looks like, you would think they would want to brag about the people…
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DOJ Prod Gets DPI to Release $8M Forward Exam Workplan & Waterpark Workshop Details
It took 14 months, a mountain of ignored requests, the retention of a respected public policy legal powerhouse and a formal intervention by the Wisconsin…
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Dairyland Sentinel Asks AG Kaul to Force DPI Open Records Compliance
The Dairyland Sentinel filed a formal request Tuesday asking Attorney General Josh Kaul to intervene after the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction…
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Autism Advocate: Why Congress Must Investigate Wisconsin’s DPI
By Kyle Maichle, Americans for Autism Advocacy Wisconsin families and taxpayers deserve answers. Recent reporting by Dairyland Sentinel has raised deeply…
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DPI Stonewalls Public: Where’s the Secret Waterpark Workshop Contract?
By Dairyland Sentinel Publisher Brian Fraley DPI has a transparency problem that is quickly becoming a legal one. After a year of stonewalling our…
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The list: Did an employee from your school attend the $368k dollar DPI waterpark conference?
By Brian Fraley, Publisher, Dairyland Sentinel When the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released its technical report on the 2024 Forward…
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One Year Later: Dairyland Sentinel, Institute for Reforming Government Press DPI for Transparency on Forward Exam Changes
More than a year after first seeking public records related to changes to Wisconsin’s Forward Exam benchmarks, Dairyland Sentinel is escalating its effort to…
- Opinion
Five Times Wisconsin Government Failed Miserably in 2025
A depressing look back at the year that was in Madison
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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…
- Opinion
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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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…
