The Michigan State Board of Education selected Glenn Maleyko, Dearborn Schools' superintendent, to be the state's top education official, leading the Michigan Department of Education.

The appointment, which is pending contract negotiations, came after a marathon day of interviews of three finalists, who also included a candidate from Virginia and from a rural school district in Michigan. Maleyko will replace Superintendent Michael Rice, who is leaving the post in October after six years. More: Metro Detroit parents stretch budgets as back-to-school costs climb More: First day excitement as metro Detroit students return to school

Maleyko has been Dearborn's superintendent since Sept. 2015. According to Maleyko's LinkedIn profile, he began as a substitute teacher in Dearborn, then taug

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