/ 0
Why Did Trump Nominate This Woman?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes August 3, 2025 American Thinker
Penny Schwinn has withdrawn her bid for second in command at the Department of Education. But where she’s going instead is almost worse.
Penny Schwinn withdrew her nomination for the second in command position at the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). Instead she will serve as a salaried strategist to Education Chief Linda McMahon, a position which does not require Senate confirmation. “Penny is a brilliant education mind and I look forward to continuing working with her as my chief strategist to make education great again,” said McMahon in a statement.
The GOP-backed “Big, Beautiful Bill” includes an unconstitutional school choice program. A specific provision threatens the independence of private schools and sets a dangerous precedent of forcing them to comply with outrageously expensive federal mandates. 
Forty-five years after Ronald Reagan promised to abolish the Department of Education (DOE), President Trump, in a packed East Room full of students, teachers, parents, education advocates, and governors from across the country, signed an 
As if the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is not already swamped with leftist ideologues, another soon will likely be added to the very department that President Trump has vowed to dismantle and to remove woke ideologies from America's classrooms. 
The passing of Jimmy Carter at the age of 100 marks the end of his era. There is already a scurry to rewrite the history of our 39th president. According to the popular narrative, Carter faced economic and foreign policy challenges; yet his accomplishments, such as the Camp David Accords, are remembered as well as his lifelong dedication to humanitarian efforts and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. 
As President Trump promised, the dismantling of the Department of Education has begun. The workforce has been 
Our colonial ancestors were the most literate in the world. By 2023, American students ranked at a near 30-year-low compared with students from other developed nations on international tests. That, despite the U.S. spending more per pupil than most other countries in the world. 
Once America had the world’s best educated workforce. Today our average American high school