The United States Department of Education was created in 1979, during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Today, it has approximately 5,000 employees.
Andrew Jackson signed legislation that created the Department of Education in 1867. In that year the first statistics were collected about all of the schools.
The 15 departments of the US executive branch (the cabinet) are :Department of AgricultureDepartment of CommerceDepartment of DefenseDepartment of EducationDepartment of EnergyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of the InteriorDepartment of JusticeDepartment of LaborDepartment of StateDepartment of TransportationDepartment of the TreasuryDepartment of Veterans AffairsThe executive who runs a department is called a Secretary (e.g. Hillary Clinton is the Secretary of State). The exception is the Department of Justice, which is headed by the Attorney General.They run the 14 Executive Departments (departments of State, Defense, Treasury, etc.) and provide advice to the president.
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According to article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution, there is no mention of education as being one of the enumerated powers of the Federal govenment. So the answer is NO! This means that the Department of Education has no constitutional authority in this area and the department should not exist.
The United States Department of the Interior was established in March 3, 1849.
The United States Department of Agriculture (informally the Agriculture Department or USDA) is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and abroad.The head of the department is the Secretary of Agriculture, who is a member of the Cabinet. The current Secretary is Tom Vilsack.
Arkansas Department of Education was created in 1931.
Department of Physical Education was created in 1846.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was created in 1995.
United States Department of Education was created in 1979.
Western Cape Education Department was created in 1994.
Department of Education - Northern Ireland - was created in 1999.
New York City Department of Education was created in 2002.
Oxford University Department for Continuing Education was created in 1927.
New York State Education Department Building was created in 1908.
In the US, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was created from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW) when the Department of Education was created as a Cabinet level department on its own. The remainder of DHEW became DHHS.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
It was signed into law on October 17, 1979, but was put into action on May 16, 1980