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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has named former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education in his new administration, a move that surprised some ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to shift key functions from the Education Department to other corners of ...

President Donald Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of education, Penny Schwinn, was once a prominent figure in Sacramento’s education scene.

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate his transition co-chair Linda McMahon as education secretary, tapping a loyalist, major GOP donor and retired World Wrestling ...

"With this GREAT Supreme Court Decision, our Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, may begin this very important process," Trump wrote.

The Trump administration has pursued an agenda for dismantling the federal education bureaucracy and addressing the problem of left-wing ideological capture in universities.

The Trump administration's efforts to restructure the Department of Education face legal challenges as they appeal to the Supreme Court.