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Penny Schwinn
Commentary
1.23.2025
Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Penny Schwinn: The next Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education

Dale Chu

The education world was greeted with encouraging news over the weekend when President Trump announced that former Tennessee education commissioner Penny Schwinn would serve as the next U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn’s track record should complement Secretary-designate Linda McMahon’s skill set, and augurs well for a new administration that is being pulled in different directions on education policy.

Penny Schwinn
Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival
Commentary
1.23.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders

The knowledge revival

Robert Pondiscio

Editor’s note: This piece was also published on the author’s new Substack, The Next 30 Years.

Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival
Students walking into school
Commentary
1.23.2025
Evidence-Based Learning, Charter Schools, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Four principles to re-energize the charter school movement

Derrell Bradford

When I graduated from high school, the first charter schools in America were just opening their doors. But I have advocated for, worked with, and supported their right to serve families for more than twenty years now.

Students walking into school