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  2. United States Department of Education - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...

  3. United States Secretary of Education - Wikipedia

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    ed.gov. The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all education in the United States. As a member of the Cabinet of the United ...

  4. U.S. Federal Board for Vocational Education - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Federal Board for Vocational Education, often referred to as the Federal Board of Vocational Education, was created in 1917 and lasted until 1946.It was created by the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 to promote nationwide vocational education for students interested in agriculture, industry, and home-economics.

  5. Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education

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    The FBISE was established under the FBISE Act 1975. [2] It is an autonomous body of working under the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. [3] The official website of FBISE was launched on June 7, 2001, and was inaugurated by Mrs. Zobaida Jalal, the Minister for Education [4] The first-ever online result of FBISE was announced on 18 August 2001. [5]

  6. Education policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States has limited authority to act on education, and education policy serves to support the education systems of state and local governments through funding and regulation of elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education. The Department of Education serves as the primary government organization ...

  7. Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky (1908) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 ...

  8. List of United States education acts - Wikipedia

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    Restored federal funding provisions that were eliminated by the National Dropout Prevention Act. Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 102–159: 1992 (No short title) Authorized members of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation to serve in a transitional period after their terms expire.

  9. Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Secondary education is the last six or seven years of statutory formal education in the United States. It culminates with twelfth grade (age 17–18). Whether it begins with sixth grade (age 11–12) or seventh grade (age 12–13) varies by state and sometimes by school district. [1]