Michael Rice was appointed to the top education post in Michigan, leading the state's education department in 2019. He's retiring in October.

Rice will be replaced by Glenn Maleyko, superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools.

Less than a year after the Michigan State Board of Education selected Michael Rice to helm the Michigan Department of Education, the school year was cut short, courtesy of a worldwide pandemic.

He has led the state's education agency as the Trump administration has worked to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. A school shooting that sparked a fraught slew of threats. And the start of what some, including Rice, hope is a movement to meaningfully improve the way students learn to read.

Rice, retiring at the beginning of October, has witnessed a lot of upheava

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