United States Secretary of Education

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United States Cabinet position government office

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education, serving as the president’s chief advisor on federal education policy and administration.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
United States Secretary of Education canonical 12
Secretary of Education 3
U.S. Secretary of Education 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Cabinet position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
abbreviation United States Secretary of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ED Secretary

Sec. of Education ⓘ
advises President of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
cabinetRank cabinet-level officer ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
departmentSeal Seal of the United States Department of Education ⓘ
firstHolder Shirley Hufstedler ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1980 ⓘ
formationDate 1979 ⓘ
May 4, 1980 ⓘ
headOf United States Department of Education ⓘ
isInLineOfSuccessionFor President of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis 20 U.S.C. § 3411 ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition 16 ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
surface form: President's Cabinet
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Department of Education Organization Act ⓘ
oversees Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ
Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
surface form: Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education ⓘ
Office of English Language Acquisition ⓘ
United States Department of Education ⓘ
surface form: Office of Federal Student Aid

United States Department of Education ⓘ
surface form: Office of Postsecondary Education

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services ⓘ
partOf Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
predecessorOffice United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

United States Secretary of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Commissioner of Education
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of federal education programs ⓘ
collection and dissemination of education data ⓘ
enforcement of federal civil rights laws in education ⓘ
federal education policy ⓘ
federal student financial aid policy ⓘ
implementation of education laws ⓘ
improving quality of education nationwide ⓘ
promoting equal access to education ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style Madam Secretary ⓘ
Mr. Secretary ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
typeOfPosition political appointee ⓘ
website https://www.ed.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
United States Secretary of Education → predecessorOffice → United States Secretary of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Commissioner of Education
United States Secretary of Education → abbreviation → United States Secretary of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ED Secretary
Madam Secretary → appliesToPosition → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Education
Madam Secretary → usedForOffice → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Department of Education Organization Act → createdOffice → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Education
Mr. Secretary → appliesToOffice → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Lamar Alexander → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
OCR → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
subject surface form: Office for Civil Rights
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of Education
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Education → accountableTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of Education
Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Shirley Hufstedler → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Education → headOfGovernmentBody → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Education → headedBy → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Education → hasPosition → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → startTime → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of Education 1991
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → endTime → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Secretary of Education 1993
Lauro Cavazos → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Richard Riley → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
Charter Schools Program → oversightBy → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of Education