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Running head: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1

Education Department

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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2

The department of education in the United States is famously referred to as the ED for

Education Department. ED is a Cabinet-level department developed by the federal government

in the United States. It was created through the act of that addressed the organization of the

education President Jimmy Carter. In the year1979, the President of United Sates advocated for

the creation of a department of education, which was to be at cabinet-level. The plan and aim of

Carter were to transfer most of the Department such as in education, Health, and Welfare to a

single unit of ED (Guthrie & James, 2010). He also aimed at transferring the functions related to

the education of the departments of justice, defense, and housing among others. Among the

federal programs related to education to be transferred were such as the Head start. However, the

upgrading of education to a level of the cabinet was opposed by a majority of the Republicans

while supported by the Democrats and liberals. The Republicans argued that the move was

illegal and unconstitutional. They also termed the move as a federal bureaucratic intrusion into

local affairs (United States, 2014).

The act of the Education Department Organization divided the health department,

welfare, and Education, into three department that include the Department of Education and the

health Department and lastly the Department of Human services. The Education Department is

under the administration of the U S Secretary of Education. This department is so far the smallest

of all the departments in the Cabinet rated department in the U S as it contains only 5, 000

employees. As there was no department to deal with matters concerning education, it became a

matter of agency to ensure that the matter was properly taken care of by the government. It was

therefore put in the cabinet under the ministry of interior (Guthrie & James, 2010).

The most important functions offered by the Education Department are that of

establishing policy for administering, coordinating the most crucial assistance required to

education, collecting data on schools, and enforcing the most important educational laws

concerning privacy as well as the civil rights (United States, 2014). Even if it is so, the Education

Department does not establish schools or colleges in any place across the nation. This is made

possible because the Inspector General’s office conducts the necessary audits as well as

investigations that are in connection with the Department’s programs.

Education offered in the U S is highly decentralized which is not the case with other

systems in most of the countries. The federal government in conjunction with the Education

Department is not involved so much in determining the curricula or even the educational

standards as required by the set regulation. The function has been left solely to the state and the

local school districts. Due to this, the quality of the educational institutions as well as their

degrees is maintained through accreditation. This is just an informal process, which is personal,

and the Education Department has no public jurisdiction over it (Guthrie & James, 2010).

The Department’s main function is to promote the student success and that they can

prepare for the global competitiveness. This is achieved by fostering the education excellence as

well as ensuring that equal access exists (Guthrie & James, 2010).

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Running head: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1 Education Department Name Institutional Affiliation EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2 The department of education in the United States is famously referred to as the ED for Education Department. ED is a Cabinet-level department developed by the federal government in the United States. It was created through the act of that addressed the organization of the education President Jimmy Carter. In the year1979, the President of United Sates advocated for the creation of a department of education, which was to be at cabinet-level. The plan and aim of Carter were to transfer most of the Department such as in education, Health, and Welfare to a single unit of ED (Guthrie & James, 2010). He also aimed at transferring the functions related to the education of the departments of justice, defense, and housing among others. Among the federal programs related to educati ...
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