Penny Schwinn, the nominee for deputy secretary of education for the U.S. Department of Education, appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee in Washington on June 5, 2025.

Just one month after President Donald Trump tapped her to be the second in command at the U.S. Department of Education, Penny Schwinn registered a new educational consulting business in Florida ...

The Senator met with Penny Schwinn, nominee for Deputy Secretary of Education, Kimberly Richey, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, and Daniel ...

The Trump administration's efforts to restructure the Department of Education face legal challenges as they appeal to the Supreme Court.

The education secretary also announced that school founder Diana Diaz-Harrison would join the Trump administration as deputy assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services.

Joun ordered the department to reinstate the hundreds of employees who were fired after Trump took office. Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications for the Education ...

In combination with 600 employees who took buyout offers, the Education Department said the job cuts once implemented would leave it with 2,183 workers, down from 4,133 when Trump took office on ...

Madi Biedermann, Department of Education deputy assistant secretary for communications, said the agency’s reduction-in-force was lawful and called Joun a far-left judge who “overstepped” his ...