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A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educational matters to schools and residents.
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In 1950 the University of the Orange Free State (UOFS) was established and the official medium language was Afrikaans. [9] The name of the university again changed in 2001 to the University of the Free State as it is known today. [10] Although a bilingual language policy (Afrikaans & English) were introduced since 1993 it was formalized in 2003.
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Public Education, and the head of such an agency may be a minister of education or secretary of education.
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
In 1812, Maryland state began to raise money for a Free School Fund by taxing the renewal of bank charters (Chapter 79, Acts of 1812), and in 1864 appointed Libertus Van Bokkelen as the first Maryland State Superintendent of Public Instruction. [1]
In January 2023, Mumin was nominated as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education by Governor Josh Shapiro. He was confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on June 26. [2] On November 25, 2024, Mumin announced his resignation as Secretary of Education, which is effective December 6, 2024. [4]
In 1920, the California State Legislature's Special Legislative Committee on Education conducted a comprehensive investigation of California's educational system. The Committee's final report, drafted by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, explained that the system's chaotic ad hoc development had resulted in the division of jurisdiction over education at the state level between 23 separate boards ...