Penny Schwinn, President Donald Trump's nominee for the No. 2 role at the U.S. Department of Education, said she agrees with his push to dismantle the department and that states are better suited ...

Penny Schwinn, the former Tennessee state schools chief tapped in January to serve in a top role at the U.S. Department of Education, will appear before U.S. senators next week for her ...

Penny Schwinn speaks in 2012 at her office at Capitol Collegiate Academy, a charter school she established in 2009. President Donald Trump has nominated her for deputy secretary of education.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — President-elect Donald Trump announced Penny Schwinn as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education. The announcement came on Saturday morning on the social media ...

Penny Schwinn has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn, with extensive experience in educational leadership and reform, served as Tennessee’s ...

(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said he would name Penny Schwinn, former Tennessee education commissioner, to be his deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee education commissioner, for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

Schwinn previously served as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency. She was appointed by Governor Bill Lee on January 17, 2019, and was sworn in ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2025 / 10:50 PM CST NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Penny Schwinn as his pick for U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education on Saturday.

If confirmed, Schwinn would serve directly under Trump's Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon. Schwinn announced her resignation as Tennessee Education Commissioner in 2023.

Penny Schwinn, a former teacher, charter school founder, and state commissioner of education, has been named by President-elect Donald Trump as his pick for deputy secretary of education at the U ...