United States Department of Education facts for kids

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United States
Department of Education
US-DeptOfEducation-Seal.svg
Seal of the US Department of Education
Department overview
Formed October 17, 1979
Preceding Department
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Employees 5,000 (2007)
Annual budget Discretionary: $56.0 billion (2006)
Mandatory: $13.4 billion (2006)
Department executives
Child Department
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Website www.ed.gov
Usdepartmentofeducationbuilding
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building, ED headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88), it was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979 and began operating on May 4, 1980.

Images for kids

  • Department of Education - NCLB door

    A construction project to repair and update the building façade at the Department of Education headquarters in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from falling debris. ED redesigned these protective structures to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. The structures were temporary and were removed in 2008. Source: U.S. Department of Education,

  • US Department of Education organizational chart

    Department of Education structure


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