The Election is April 6, 2021
The Primary Election between seven candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction February 16, 2021, resulted in two candidates for the run-off in the April 16 general election. The candidates are Jill Underly and Deborah Kerr. Watch the Wisconsin League of Women Voters Candidate Forum for Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI)and learn more about the candidates below:
Video Clips of Each Question and Answer at the Forum:
1. Candidate Introductions
2. What do you consider to be your greatest administrative strengths, and what are the areas you need to improve on?
3. If you could reopen schools to a “new normal” post-COVID, what would it look like?
4. How do you plan to make students feel safe in public schools, including Black students and students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities?
5. How will you lead efforts to balance requirements for federal accountability with support for districts to personalize learning that meets individual student needs?
6. How will you address the achievement gap [between students with disabilities–and especially students of color who have disabilities–and other students] in Wisconsin?
7. Why are you the candidate best suited to work with a legislature that may resist public education advocacy goals?
8. YES or NO: Do you support private voucher programs in Wisconsin? Do you support independent (non-district) charter schools in Wisconsin?
9. What will you do in your first 100 days at DPI, and why are you the best person for the job?
A review of the candidates by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel can be found here.
