Underly calls Capital Times headline ‘completely false,’ editor pushes back

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly continued her attacks of an investigation of her department’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations related to teachers this week, saying “that headline was completely false” regarding a series of stories from the Capital Times.

She went on to tell Channel 3000’s ‘For the Record’ that she felt the series of stories that led to hearings, new proposed legislation and an audit was unfair.

“Our job is to investigate any allegations of misconduct with teachers,” Underly said. “That’s our job.”

Underly previously demanded a correction on the story from The Capital Times but never specified anything that was inaccurate in the stories, which depicted the way that the department handles investigations and the lack of transparency on teacher license investigations after se...