The University of Wisconsin System is a university system of public universities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is one of the largest public higher-education systems in the country,enrolling more than 174,000 students each year and employing approximately 39,000 faculty and staff statewide. The UW System comprises two major doctoral research universities,the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee;eleven comprehensive universities;and thirteen freshman-sophomore branch campuses.
Alberta Darling is an American educator,politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the municipalities directly north and northwest of Milwaukee and part of the city of Milwaukee. She also served three years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Before entering public office,she was a teacher and marketing director.
Gloria J. Romero is a former California State Senator and the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate from 2005 until 2008. She was the first woman to ever hold that leadership position.
Pecatonica Area School District is a school district based in Blanchardville,Wisconsin,U.S.A.
Pecatonica High School is a public school in Blanchardville,Wisconsin serving students in grades 6 through 12. Its enrollment is about 230.
Dale W. Schultz is a Republican politician who represented the 17th District in the Wisconsin Senate from 1991 until 2015. He was previously a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1982 through 1991.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction,headquartered in Madison,is the state education and public library management agency in the state of Wisconsin. The department is led by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction,a non-partisan,constitutional officer elected every four years in the spring primary,six months after the previous year's presidential election.
Donald Pridemore is a Wisconsin electrical engineer and politician.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, sometimes referred to as the State Superintendent of Schools,is a constitutional officer within the executive branch of the Wisconsin state government,and acts as the executive head of the Department of Public Instruction. Twenty-eight individuals have held the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction since statehood. The incumbent is Jill Underly.
Herbert J. "Bert" Grover is a retired American educator and Democratic politician. He was the 23rd Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin,serving nearly 12 years (1981–1993). Earlier in his career,he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Menominee and Shawano counties.
Anthony Steven Evers is an American educator and politician serving as the 46th governor of Wisconsin since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2009 to 2019.
Glenda Neubauer Ritz is an American educator and politician who formerly served as the former Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana. She was elected in 2012,defeating incumbent Superintendent Tony Bennett. She was the first Democrat to serve in the office in 40 years and the first Democrat to win any down ballot race in the state since 1996. She,along with Senator Joe Donnelly,are the most recent Democrats to have held a statewide office in Indiana.
Joy Lynn Hofmeister is an American educator and politician who served as the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2015 to 2023. Hofmeister was sworn in as Oklahoma's 14th State Superintendent on January 12,2015,after defeating the incumbent Republican candidate,Janet Barresi,in the primary election and Democratic candidate John Cox in the general election. Hofmeister was re-elected on November 6,2018,and sworn in for a second four-year term as State Superintendent on January 14,2019. Hofmeister won re-election after facing Democrat John Cox a second time,as well as independent candidate Larry Huff.
Jennifer McCormick is an American politican and educator who is the former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. Formerly a Republican,she upset the Democratic incumbent Glenda Ritz in the 2016 election and served one term. Switching to the Democratic Party in 2021,she is running for governor of Indiana in 2024.
Carolyn Stanford Taylor is an American educator who served as the 27th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2021. Stanford Taylor was the first African American to serve as Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Robyn Beckley Vining is an American politician currently serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly. She represents the northern half of the city of Wauwatosa,in Milwaukee County,as well as the northern half of the city of Brookfield,in Waukesha County.
Jill Judith Karofsky is an American attorney,judge,and justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Karofsky served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Dane County from 2017 until her 2020 election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4,2017. The top of the ballot was the election for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. There was also an uncontested election for Wisconsin Supreme Court,three uncontested elections for Wisconsin Court of Appeals,and several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 21,2017.
Sara Rodriguez is an American registered nurse,health care executive,and Democratic politician. She is the 46th and incumbent lieutenant governor of Wisconsin,having been elected on a ticket with Governor Tony Evers in the 2022 election. She previously served in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 13th Assembly district during the 2021 session.
The 2021 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 6,2021. There was one statewide race—for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Additionally,two special elections occurred for the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly,as well as other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. The 2021 Spring primary was held on February 16,2021.
