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

An education activist is speaking out on concerns she has that a key Trump nominee to the department of education has a ...

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

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

The way to educational improvement may be through affirming the “distracting” values raised by the culture wars ...

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

Penny Schwinn has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn, with extensive ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will join President Donald Trump and other governors for a roundtable to mark National School Choice Week.The meet ...

But if confirmed as deputy secretary, she could find herself in culture war conflicts she’s previously sidestepped.

Early in my career as a journalist, I reported on education and one lesson I quickly learned is that state and public school leaders are lightning rods for criticism and controversy. The politics ...

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