United States Department of Education

United States Department of Education
Set up:	17th October 1979
Seat:	Washington, DC
Supervisory authority:	President of the United States
minister	Betsy DeVos
Deputy	Mick Zais
Household:	$ 56.0 billion (2006)
Employees:	4,487 (2004)
Homepage:	ed.gov

Department of Education building in Washington

Department of Education rebuilt entrances in support of the No Child Left Behind Act

The United States Department of Education (English United States Department of Education ) is part of the Federal Government of the United States . It was created by the Department of Education Organization Act and began operating on May 4, 1980. The tasks of the ministry were integrated into the Ministry of Health, Education and Welfare until the Federal Law was passed in 1979 . The department is led by the United States Secretary of Education.

history

In contrast to the educational system in many other countries, the educational system in the United States is highly decentralized. The federal government is not responsible for the general process of school education, the setting of educational standards or the accreditation of educational institutions; the individual states and private accreditation organizations are responsible for these questions. Rather, it is the job of the Ministry of Education to develop federal financial support programs and to enforce federal laws relevant to education on privacy and equality.

The first Ministry of Education was founded in 1867, but shortly thereafter its importance was downgraded to that of a subordinate authority. The establishment of an independent ministry a century later was marked by heated debates and organized resistance, particularly by the Republican Party , which saw the agency as undesirable interference by the federal government in local affairs. The abolition of the ministry was a standing point on the party's electoral platform during the 1980s; however, it was not implemented during the George Bush presidency and completely abandoned during the course of the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush presidencies . With the introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act, the latter gave the ministry an even bigger role.

Departments

The Ministry of Education consists of the following main departments ( Principal Office Components ):

• OS - Office of the Secretary
  • OCO - Office of Communications and Outreach
  • OPEPD - Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
  • OGC - Office of the General Counsel
  • OIG - Office of the Inspector General
  • IES - Institute of Education Sciences
  • OCR - Office for Civil Rights
  • OCFO - Office for the Chief Financial Officer
  • OM - Office of Management
  • OCFO - Office for the Chief Financial Officer
  • OLCA - Office for the Legislative and Congressional Affairs

• ODS - Office of the Deputy Secretary
  • OESE - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
    • White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
  • OSDFS - Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
  • OELA - Office of English Language Acquisition , Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students
  • OSERS - Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitation Services
  • OII - Office of Innovation and Improvement

• OUS - Office of the Under Secretary
  • OPE - Office of Postsecondary Education
    • White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    • White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities
  • FSA - Office of Federal Student Aid
  • OVAE - Office of Vocational and Adult Education

List of ministers

No.	image	Surname	Term of office	in the President's Cabinet
1		Shirley Mount Hufstedler	November 30, 1979-20. January 1981	Jimmy Carter
2		Terrel Howard Bell	January 22, 1981-20. January 1985	Ronald Reagan
3		William John Bennett	February 6, 1985-20. September 1988
4th		Lauro Fred Cavazos	September 20, 1988-12. December 1990	Ronald Reagan, George Bush
5		Andrew Lamar Alexander	March 22, 1991-20. January 1993	George Bush
6th		Richard Wilson Riley	January 21, 1993-20. January 2001	Bill Clinton
7th		Roderick Raynor Paige	January 20, 2001-20. January 2005	George W. Bush
8th		Margaret Spellings	January 20, 2005-20. January 2009
9		Arne Duncan	January 20, 2009–1. January 2016	Barack Obama
10		John B. King	January 1, 2016–20. January 2017
11		Betsy DeVos	Since February 7, 2017	Donald Trump

Web links

• Official website of the Ministry of Education (English)
• Full text access to the ERIC public domain digests of the Ministry of Education (English)