The former Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner has been tapped to be the next U.S. Deputy Secretary of ...

Penny Schwinn served as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's commissioner of education. President Trump nominated her to be U.S. deputy ...

Schwinn previously served as the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education from 2019 to 2023. Trump picks former ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Penny Schwinn as his pick for U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education on Saturday.

Penny has a strong record of delivering results for children and families,” President-elect Donald Trump posted late Friday ...

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

Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee Department of Education commissioner, has been named by President-elect Donald Trump as his ...

Penny Schwinn, a former teacher and state schools chief, is an advocate for school choice and evidence-based reading ...

Students in several rural, Hurricane Helene-impacted Tennessee counties won’t have to fear their end-of-year grades suffering if they perform poorly on state ...

In addition to Tennessee, Schwinn has worked at the Texas Education Agency as deputy commissioner of standards and engagement ...

As Tennesee schools chief, Penny Schwinn championed literacy initiatives and sometimes rankled cultural conservatives. She’s ...

In April 2020, I wrote a column about a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Education and PBS to offer digital programming aimed at young children. "As education commissioner ...