There are 3 articles by Erica Meltzer :

• July 2025

  • Education

    Penny Schwinn out as nominee for Education Department’s No. 2 job after conservative pushback

    Schwinn enjoyed a good reputation among conservative education advocates for her work in Tennessee to boost reading proficiency and target pandemic relief dollars toward academic recovery.

    By Erica Meltzer July 31, 2025

• January 2025

  • Education

    NAEP results: Tennessee students buck grim national trends on nation’s report card

    “Tennessee students did well relative to other states, and we did better than some of our neighbors,” Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds said.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Erica Meltzer January 29, 2025
  • Education

    Trump names former Tennessee schools chief Penny Schwinn to serve as deputy education secretary

    Penny Schwinn would bring the perspective of a state schools chief to her job.

    By Erica Meltzer, Marta W. Aldrich January 18, 2025