India, Sept. 25 -- Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters will be resigning from office with more than a year left in his term. He will be leading a conservative teacher organization, he told Fox News on Wednesday, September 24.

Walters is set to become the CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a group that calls itself as an alternative to teacher unions. His campaign manager and senior adviser Matt Langston told Oklahoma Voice that he expects to resign in early October.

After Walters' resignation, Gov. Kevin Stitt will be tasked to appoint a candidate to lead the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the state Board of Education through the rest of Walters' term. His term is scheduled to end in January 2027.

Walters said duri...