US Department of Education - The federal level
The US Department of Education was established by Congress in 1980. Their mission is to assure equal educational opportunity for every individual in the United States, to continue to encourage the involvement of the public, parents and students in educational programs that are available through the federal government, the improve the coordination and management of these programs and to increase the accountability for them.
There are many offices that comprise the US Department of Education such as the Office of the Secretary which is made up of the Chief of Staff, Office of Communications and Outreach, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Budget Service, Policy and Program Studies Service, Strategic Accountability Service, Office of Educational Technology, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, Institute of Educational Sciences, Office for Civil Rights, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and International Affairs Office.
The Office of the Deputy Secretary is another office that makes up the US Department of Education. The specific agencies that comprise this office are the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The Office of the Under Secretary is the last office that makes up the US Department of Education. Under this office, you will find the Federal Student Aid, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities and the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities.
You can contact the US Department of Education from home at their site on the web found at www.ed.gov. Here you can read reports on the budget, get specific and prompt information about the different offices mentioned above, apply for employment, read initiatives, grants, and publications and find teaching opportunities throughout the United States. You can also search for speeches that were made by different individuals at the US Department of Education and if you require it, you can even view the US Department of Education website in Spanish just by clicking on a link. There is a page on the US Department of Education website designed especially for a child or students, a page for parents, a page for teachers and educators and a page for administrators. It’s very resourceful.