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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 ...
Construction of the building started in 1959 and concluded in 1961; it was originally known as Federal Office Building 6 (FOB 6). [2] The building was initially used by NASA and the then Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). [2] In 1979, occupancy of the building was given to the newly formed Department of Education. [2]
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world. It is responsible for the United States' cultural exchange programs. [3] [4] [5]
The Cultural Heritage Center [1] of the American Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs specializes in the protection and preservation of the world's ancient and historic monuments and archeological sites.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Education under the Office of Innovation and Improvement, Teachinghistory.org, also known as the National History Education Clearinghouse, was developed through a collaboration between the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the Stanford History Education Group at Stanford University.
The National Library of Education is a library in the United States serving as a primary resource center for education information. The library provides collections and information services to the public, as well as to the education community and other government agencies on current and historical education programs, activities and publications of the U.S. Department of Education.
Edward Penfield poster promoting the Bureau of Education's United States School Garden Army (1918). The Office of Education, at times known as the Department of Education and the Bureau of Education, was a small unit in the Federal Government of the United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1867 to 1972.
Modified rules for the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Provided student loan forgiveness to the families of 9/11 casualties. Pub. L. 109–292 (text) 2006 (No short title) Extended through FY2007 the power of the Secretary of Education to waive conditions for federal assistance to states affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.