The United States Department of Education

Formed: October 17, 1979; 45 years ago
Headquarters: Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, 400 Maryland Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C., U.S. 20202, USA.
Employees: 3912 (2018)
Annual budget: $68 billion (2016)
Department executives: Miguel Cardona, Secretary, Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary
Website: http://www.ed.gov

Seal of the United States Department of Education

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.

 

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