Trump nominates Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary of US Department of Education

President-elect Trump announced connected Saturday helium has picked Penny Schwinn, the erstwhile commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, arsenic lawman caput of the U.S. Department of Education.

While successful Tennessee, Schwinn oversaw the department's effect to the coronavirus pandemic, implemented Gov. Bill Lee's schoolhouse voucher programme and overhauled the state's schoolhouse backing formula, the Associated Press reported.

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Schwinn antecedently worked astatine the Texas Education Agency arsenic the lawman commissioner of standards and engagement, lawman commissioner of peculiar populations and monitoring, and main lawman commissioner of academics. 

She was besides the adjunct caput of education successful Delaware.

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Trump congratulated Schwinn connected Saturday successful a station connected Truth Social. 

"A erstwhile teacher herself, Penny became the founding main of a charter school, due to the fact that she believes successful the powerfulness of School Choice, and is committed to delivering the American Dream to the adjacent Generation by returning Education BACK TO THE STATES," Trump wrote. "Congratulations to Penny and her fantastic family!"

Schwinn holds a master’s grade from Johns Hopkins, and a Ph.D. from Claremont.