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Education Department

Education Department

9 3.7
A United States government office that runs federal programs and gives money to schools and students
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Departamento de Educación
  • Furthermore, state education departments are often looked to by schools as a prime source of professional information.
  • state education department
  • U.S. Education Department
  • New York Education Department

Examples

  • She works for the Education Department, helping to improve programs for students in need.

  • The Education Department is responsible for developing national education policies.

  • The U.S. Education Department did not respond to a request for comment.

    Academic text (2017)

  • According to the Education Department, about 11 percent of college students have some sort of disability.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Each state's education department was contacted for one of two purposes.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The information was provided by the New York State Education Department: Statistical Profiles of Public School Districts.

    Academic text (2004)

  • A Trump Education Department could choose not to devote resources to enforcing the rules.

    Academic text (2016)

  • ANITA P. DAVIS teaches methods courses and is chair of the Education Department at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Mr. Trump's pick to lead the Education Department, the billionaire charter-school advocate Betsy DeVos, has no background in higher education.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The U.S. Education Department oversees the distribution of federal funds to schools.

Synonyms

Department of Education
vsEducation Department
  • Formal
73 3.3

A part of the United States government that runs national education programs and policy

is the same agency but described by its aid and program administration role

Surface Forms

Education Department main

Morphology

education + department

The phrase is directly compositional: 'education' (the field of teaching) + 'department' (an organizational unit) yields an organizational body responsible for education. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun-noun naming pattern and even if capitalization signals a specific government agency, a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer its general meaning.

Etymology

Education Department comes from putting together education, meaning 'schooling', and department, meaning 'a part of government that handles a job'. That picture of a government part that looks after schools and gives money to them explains why today it means the United States federal office that runs national education programs.