Yes. The US Department of Education was split from the department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1979. The residual agency was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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It is, yes. The Secretary of Education (head of the Department of Education) is a part of the Cabinet.
The highest position in the president's cabinet is Secretary of State.
No- this position was created in 1913. Its forerunner was the department of labor and commerce, created in 1903.
The Department of Veteran's Affairs was not part of the original cabinet members. It was not until after World War II that there needed to be an entire department devoted to caring for veterans.