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Department of Education

Department of Education

73 3.3
A part of the United States government that runs national education programs and policy
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Departamento de Educación de EE. UU.
  • A good place to begin to examine this issue is the US Department of Education's What Works Clearing House.
  • Department of Education
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • United States Department of Education

They are going to dismantle and abolish the Department of Education.

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Examples

  • So I got to kind of chart that course with the help of, well, people like you and the Department of Education and others.

    Harvard University

  • COGNET is one of 12 national Follow Through educational models funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The problem is, first of all, I think the Department of Education has not been honest with us.

  • Many of these schools were recognized as schools of excellence by the U.S. Department of Education.

    Academic text (1992)

  • You've got one against the Department of Education trying to just get information from them having to do with gender issues.

  • The CELDT was developed by CTB/McGraw Hill through a contract with the California Department of Education.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Addresses and mailing labels for this group were obtained from the state Department of Education.

    Academic text (1992)

  • A syllabus committee comprising teachers, academics, and Department of Education representatives was established in 1969.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The study's data came from the 2002-2006 Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS; U.S. Department of Education, 2008).

    Academic text (2011)

  • We received the $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Synonyms

Education Department
vsDepartment of Education
  • Formal
9 3.7

A United States government office that runs federal programs and gives money to schools and students

includes broader oversight of national education policy beyond program delivery

Surface Forms

Department of Education main

Morphology

department + of + education

The meaning is directly compositional: 'department' (an organizational unit) + 'of' (linking) + 'education' (teaching/institutions) yields an organizational body responsible for education. The 'department of X' pattern is a common, cross-linguistic noun-phrase construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer this meaning.

Etymology

Department of Education comes from the idea of a government Department, a team or office, for Education, meaning schools and learning. Imagine people in one building making rules and giving money to schools, so the phrase means the national office that looks after 'education' programs.