Yesterday, Penny Schwinn, the former Tennessee schools chief, withdrew her nomination to be Linda McMahon’s number two at the U.S. Department of Education. The news was a shock, given that Schwinn had ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Penny Schwinn, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the No. 2 role at the U.S. Department of ...

Change can be unsettling. But in South Carolina, we know that stability doesn’t come from fearing change; it comes from leading through it with clarity and confidence. We have a choice: panic or ...

The U.S. Department of Education is currently experiencing significant transformations following an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump. This order aims to dismantle the Department ...

During Donald Trump’s first presidential term and the Joe Biden presidential administration, proponents of education reform declared their movement dead. Their well-funded campaign to blame teachers ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s budget proposal does not include any temporary grocery sales tax holiday – as he has championed in past years. Finance and Administration Commissioner Jim Bryson said Monday ...

President Trump is facing pushback from conservatives on social media, as well as an education activist who spoke to Fox News Digital, over his nomination of Dr. Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary at ...

Donald Trump is pushing an elite-driven school privatization project that is deeply unpopular with his base. It offers a golden political opportunity for Democrats, if only they would seize it. Barely ...

I had the same basic conversation several times last week. It would start with someone either bemoaning or cheering President Trump’s barrage of executive orders. They’d note his sweeping assault on ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the first of likely multiple lawsuits against Trump on Tuesday, citing the unconstitutional end of birthright citizenship. The American Civil Liberties Union also sued ...