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President-elect Trump He announced on Saturday that he had chosen What's wrong with me?former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, served as US Deputy Secretary of State Department of Education.
While at Tennessee, Schoen oversaw the department's response to the coronavirus pandemic, which was implemented Governor Bill Lee's The school voucher program and overhauled the state's school funding formula, the Associated Press reported.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schoen testifies at the House Education Committee on Capitol Hill in 2020. (Tasos Katopoudis/Getty Images)
Schoen previously worked at Texas Education Agency As Deputy Commissioner for Standards and Participation, Deputy Commissioner for Special Populations and Probation, and Deputy Chief Commissioner for Academics.
She was also assistant secretary of Education in Delaware.
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Trump congratulated Schoen on Saturday in a post on Truth Social.
“Penny, a former teacher, became the founding principal of a charter school because she believed strongly School choice“She is committed to delivering the American dream to the next generation by bringing education back to the United States,” Trump wrote. “Congratulations to Penny and her amazing family!”
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Schoen holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. From Claremont.
