United States Department of Education

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federal executive department government agency

The United States Department of Education is a federal executive agency responsible for establishing national education policy, administering federal financial aid, and overseeing and accrediting educational institutions across the country.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Department of Education	27
Department of Education	3
Office of Education	2
Office of Federal Student Aid	2
Office of Postsecondary Education	2
Cabinet-level Department of Education	1
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	1
Department of Education (United States)	1
Office of Education within Department of Health, Education, and Welfare	1
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	1
Office of English Language Acquisition	1
Office of the Secretary of Education structure	1
United States Department of Education as the national accrediting agency for J.D. programs	1
United States Department of Education headquarters	1
https://www.ed.gov	1
independent Office of Education	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive department ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	ED ⓘ USED ⓘ
budgetFiscalYear	varies by fiscal year, over 70 billion USD in many recent years ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Department of Education Organization Act ⓘ
employs	civil servants ⓘ
formedOn	1980-05-04 ⓘ
hasDivision	Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ Office for Civil Rights ⓘ Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education ⓘ United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of English Language Acquisition United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Federal Student Aid United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Postsecondary Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services ⓘ Office of Inspector General ⓘ surface form: Office of the Inspector General
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the United States
legalMandate	Department of Education Organization Act ⓘ
missionStatement	to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access ⓘ
motto	To promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access ⓘ
overseesProgram	Federal Direct Student Loan Program ⓘ Federal Pell Grant Program ⓘ Federal Work-Study Program ⓘ Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) ⓘ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants ⓘ Office for Civil Rights enforcement in education ⓘ TRIO programs ⓘ Title I, Part A – Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies ⓘ
parentAgency	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
policyArea	adult education ⓘ career and technical education ⓘ educational civil rights enforcement ⓘ elementary education ⓘ postsecondary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ special education ⓘ
precededBy	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
responsibility	administering federal student financial aid programs ⓘ collecting data on U.S. schools ⓘ enforcing federal educational civil rights laws ⓘ ensuring equal access to education ⓘ establishing federal education policy ⓘ promoting educational excellence ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seal	Seal of the United States Department of Education ⓘ
sector	education ⓘ
website	United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: https://www.ed.gov

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services → parentOrganization → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → partOf → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education → partOf → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Education structure

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education → partOf → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Office of English Language Acquisition → partOf → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Small Business Innovation Research program → participatingAgency → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Education

Let’s Move! → partner → United States Department of Education ⓘ

subject surface form: Let's Move!

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

Independence Avenue → passesBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Education headquarters

Federal Security Agency → precededBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: independent Office of Education

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

HBCUs → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

Liaison Committee on Medical Education → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

Middle States Commission on Higher Education → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Education as the national accrediting agency for J.D. programs

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges → recognizedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

DeVry Inc. → regulatoryBody → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

Department of Education Organization Act → relatedTo → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 → relatedTo → United States Department of Education ⓘ

USED → standsFor → United States Department of Education ⓘ

Federal Security Agency → subsequentAgencyForEducationFunctions → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Education within Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

FSA → successorAgency → United States Department of Education ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Security Agency

Seal of the United States Department of Education → usedBy → United States Department of Education ⓘ

United States Department of Education → website → United States Department of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: https://www.ed.gov

NAICU → worksWith → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities → worksWith → United States Department of Education ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education