The State Board of Education met Wednesday to discuss a replacement for Tom Watkins, who resigned as state superintendent of public instruction in late January after a public feud with Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The board refined what it is looking for in its next schools chief, but didn\'t say when it planned to hire one. The article mentions that Watkins has been hired as a special assistant to Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid, specializing in K-12 initiatives.