After voters in 2012 defeated the Columbus City Schools levy that Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman championed, Coleman proposed the creation of a cabinet-level Education Department to improve public and private education in the city.
In 2014 the Department was officially created, with former Columbus Education Association president Rhonda Johnson named to lead it. In our annual end of the year interview with the Mayor, Jim Letizia asked Coleman if the department achieved any tangible results this year.
