Penny Schwinn out as nominee for Education Department’s No. 2 job after conservative pushback
Then-Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn testifies before the House Education Committee in 2020 about school reopening plans. Schwinn withdrew from consideration as deputy secretary of education in the Trump administration after a conservative backlash. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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.
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Erica Meltzer is National Editor at Chalkbeat, where she covers education policy and politics. Erica was a founding editor of the local news site Denverite. Before that, she covered everything from housing and energy policy to crime and courts for newspapers in three states. She served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay.
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