President-elect Donald Trump nominated Penny Schwinn, who headed Tennessee’s Department of Education for five years, for deputy secretary of education on Saturday as he finalizes his Cabinet before Inauguration Day.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — President-elect Donald Trump announced Penny Schwinn as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education. The announcement came on Saturday morning on the social media platform Truth Social .

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — President-elect Trump appointed Penny Schwinn as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn previously served as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.

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

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Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee Department of Education commissioner, has been named by President-elect Donald Trump as his pick to serve as the next U.S. deputy secretary of education.

Donald Trump picked Penny Schwinn, a former TEA official, to serve as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education will be former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn.