The Department of Education
Department of Education
Jobs and Organizations: Office of Communications and Outreach, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Educational Technology, Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Planning Evaluation and Policy Development, Risk Management Service, Office of Postsecondary Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Office of Federal Student Aid, President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities, Presidents Advisory on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Office of Education and Secondary Education, Office of English Language Acquisition Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Advisory Councils and Committees, National Assessment Governing Board, National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Federal Interagency Committee on Education, Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities, National Board of Education Sciences, National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Gallaudet University, Howard University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
History: Created in 1867, the agency's name and location within the Executive Branch have changed over the past 130 years..The passage of the Second Morrill Act in 1890 gave the then-named Office of Education responsibility for administering support for the original system of land-grant colleges and universities. Vocational education became the next major area of Federal aid to schools, with the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act and the 1946 George-Barden Act focusing on agricultural, industrial, and home economics training for high school students. The Lanham Act in
Jobs and Organizations: Office of Communications and Outreach, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Educational Technology, Institute of Education Sciences, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Planning Evaluation and Policy Development, Risk Management Service, Office of Postsecondary Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Office of Federal Student Aid, President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities, Presidents Advisory on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Office of Education and Secondary Education, Office of English Language Acquisition Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Advisory Councils and Committees, National Assessment Governing Board, National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Federal Interagency Committee on Education, Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities, National Board of Education Sciences, National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Gallaudet University, Howard University, National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
History: Created in 1867, the agency's name and location within the Executive Branch have changed over the past 130 years..The passage of the Second Morrill Act in 1890 gave the then-named Office of Education responsibility for administering support for the original system of land-grant colleges and universities. Vocational education became the next major area of Federal aid to schools, with the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act and the 1946 George-Barden Act focusing on agricultural, industrial, and home economics training for high school students. The Lanham Act in