Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland called the state鈥檚 schools superintendent 鈥渙ne of our nation鈥檚 premier education leaders鈥� as she announced her resignation about two months after he criticized her as being neither a leader, an advocate, nor a good manger.
Susan Tave Zelman announced May 28 that she will resign, after nine years in the job, when a new superintendent starts. She will remain in an advisory role until December.
In his State of the State address in February, Mr. Strickland, a Democrat, had threatened to strip Ms. Zelman鈥檚 authority in a move to give his office more control over schools by creating a new education chief鈥檚 position accountable to him instead of the state board of education.
But the Republican-controlled legislature has not moved to authorize his idea. And the state board, which is searching for a replacement for Ms. Zelman with the governor鈥檚 input, still opposes the changes.
