09-05-2011, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by joshgirls
what does the dept of education actually do? care to explain that, einstein?
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The U.S. Department of Education is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education. It assists the president in executing his education policies for the nation and in implementing laws enacted by Congress. The Department's mission is to serve America's students—to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
The Department's elementary and secondary programs annually serve more than 14,000 school districts and approximately 56 million students attending some 97,000 schools and 28,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan and work-study assistance to about 11 million postsecondary students.
When Congress created the Department in 1979, it declared these purposes:
to strengthen the Federal commitment to ensuring access to equal educational opportunity for every individual;
to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of education;
to encourage the increased involvement of the public, parents, and students in Federal education programs;
to promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information;
to improve the coordination of Federal education programs;
to improve the management and efficiency of Federal education activities, especially with respect to the process, procedures, and administrative structures for the dispersal of Federal funds, as well as the reduction of unnecessary and duplicative burdens and constraints, including unnecessary paperwork, on the recipients of Federal funds;
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to increase the accountability of Federal education programs to the President, the Congress and the public. (Section 102, Public Law 96-88)
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http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/focus/whattoc.html
THIS is what they do, and THIS is what that dumb broad Bachman wants to get rid of. |
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