State Journal: Farewell to the chiefs; Opposite directions

Linda Schrenko, the Georgia schools chief, is canceling her state's membership in the national lobbying and support organization for state superintendents.

The Council of Chief State School Officers is lobbying heavily against G.O.P. plans in Congress to cut the federal education budget and funding for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act--cuts that Ms. Schrenko, a Republican, supports.

Georgia received a Goals 2000 grant after a C.C.S.S.O. staff member traveled to the state and helped officials there apply. But the superintendent said she is not convinced that other states would get the...