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Department of Education

noun

The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979. Synonyms: Education, Education Department.

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"Department of Education" Quotes from Famous Books

... retrogression when the item of police expenditure is considered, for this exceeds outright the appropriation for the Department of Education, and has grown more rapidly than the expenditure for schools. It appears that, under existing conditions, when property appreciates half a billion in value, it is necessary to have four and one half millions' worth of police to watch ...

— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 • Various

... Moscow teems with twice the number of inhabitants it contained before the war. The only noticeable difference in the theaters, opera, and ballet is that they are now run under the direction of the department of education, which prefers classics and sees to it that working men and women and children are given an opportunity to attend the performances and that they are instructed beforehand in the significance and beauties ...

— The Bullitt Mission to Russia • William C. Bullitt

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