Schwinn said abolishing the Education Department is a call to explore options around what is in the best interest of students ...

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, 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 ...

Just one month after President Donald Trump tapped her to be the second in command at the U.S. Department of Education, Penny Schwinn registered a new educational consulting business in Florida with a ...

Penny Schwinn, left, and Kimberly Richey speak prior to testifying before the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee in Washington on June 5, 2025.

Drain the swamp” is a phrase coined by President Donald Trump, signifying the removal of corruption and special interests from government. Many conservatives oppose Penny Schwinn's nomination as deput ...

Right now, attorneys are juggling on average 115 cases, according to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who shared the number with witnesses at a Thursday nomination hearing held by the Senate's Health ...

But Schwinn had some hiccups too during her time here working for Gov. Bill Lee. The Tennessee Department of Education signed an $8 million contract in 2021 with TNTP, a teacher training company ...

Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn failed to list a new company called New Horizon BluePrint Group on her federal disclosure form, then dissolved it shortly before the U.S ...

In a Senate committee hearing June 5 on the confirmation of senior officials at the Education Department, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) cited passages from my story and asked if deputy education ...

Richey positioned herself as prepared to continue the Trump administration’s crusades against trans women athletes and campus antisemitism—but provided little insight into how she plans to do so with ...