{"id":1922286,"date":"2023-05-01T22:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-top-education-official-stepping-down-over-extraneous-politics\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:45:07","slug":"tennessees-top-education-official-stepping-down-over-extraneous-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-top-education-official-stepping-down-over-extraneous-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee\u2019s Top Education Official Stepping Down Over \u2018Extraneous Politics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessees-top-education-official-stepping-down-over-extraneous-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Tennessee Education Commissioner Resigns<\/h2>\n<p>The top education official in Tennessee, Commissioner Penny Schwinn, will leave her position at the end of the school year later this month following four years with the department, Gov. Bill Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/news\/2023\/5\/1\/gov--lee-announces-key-leadership-transition-at-tn-department-of-education.html\">announced<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with \u201cThe 74,\u201d a news organization that covers America\u2019s education system, Schwinn said she had grown tired of the distracting culture war battles over race and gender in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see it as extraneous politics and my job is to educate kids,\u201d she told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/exclusive-penny-schwinn-influential-tennessee-education-chief-to-step-down\/\">outlet<\/a>. \u201cI knew that my charge, first and foremost, was to move our state forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Schwinn\u2019s Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>Schwinn oversaw the education department through some challenging times and also brought some firsts for education in the nation to Tennessee.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tennessee became the first U.S. state to make teaching an apprentice-based profession, which makes it free to become a teacher while also being paid to do so.<\/li>\n<li>The Grow Your Own initiative significantly increased the number of teachers, special education and ESL endorsements, aspiring principals and assistant principals, and school leaders of color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Schwinn also led the department through Lee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessees-top-education-official-stepping-down-over-extraneous-politics\/\" title=\"Tennessee\u2019s Top Education Official Stepping Down Over \u2018Extraneous Politics\u2019\">controversial school funding reform measures<\/a>, where last year, a law reconfiguring a 30-year-old funding formula came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>This has increased total funding for education, but some districts are\u00a0concerned they could lose money as others attract additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Tennessee has invested more in vocational and STEM education for high school and middle school students, and increased access to dual enrollment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fashion-journalist-blasted-after-saying-someone-needs-to-create-porn-for-children\/\" title=\"Fashion Journalist Blasted After Saying \u2018Someone Needs to Create Porn for Children\u2019\">high school juniors<\/a> and seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Schwinn led the state\u2019s education system through COVID-19 learning loss by prioritizing literacy and learning loss intervention, and creating the largest permanent summer school program and largest tutoring program in the nation, according to the department.<\/p>\n<h3>Reynolds Taking Over<\/h3>\n<p>Lee has announced that Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds will succeed Schwinn as commissioner beginning July 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLizzette\u2019s significant education policy expertise and leadership make her well-suited to continue our work to deliver a high-quality education and expand school choice for Tennessee students,\u201d said Lee in the press release. \u201cI welcome her to Tennessee and appreciate her service to students, families, and teachers across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is currently the vice president of policy for ExcelinEd, based in Florida, and previously served as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/klobuchar-staffer-announces-apple-gig-hours-after-senator-slams-big-tech-revolving-door\/\" title=\"Klobuchar Staffer Announces Apple Gig Hours After Senator Slams Big Tech Revolving Door\">deputy legislative director<\/a> for then-Gov. George W. Bush, a special assistant and regional representative to the U.S. Secretary of Education, and chief deputy commissioner for the Texas Education Agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer career reflects a deep commitment to school choice, assessment and accountability,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the same old routine and was ready for a new adventure. After four years of dedicated service to Tennessee&#8217;s education system, Commissioner Penny Schwinn is bidding farewell at the end of this school year. Governor Bill Lee made the announcement on Monday, leaving many to wonder what&#8217;s next for the esteemed education official. In an exclusive interview with &#8220;The 74,&#8221; a leading news organization covering America&#8217;s education system, Schwinn revealed that she&#8217;s ready for a new challenge and eager to embark on a new adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":1922287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[25537,5152,4808,5894,10722,19250],"class_list":["post-1922286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-extraneous","tag-education","tag-official","tag-politics","tag-stepping","tag-tennessees"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}