Dipartimento dell'Istruzione degli Stati Uniti d'America

United States Department of Education
Sigillo del Dipartimento dell'Istruzione
Sede del dipartimento dell'Istruzione
Istituito	17 ottobre 1979
Operativo dal	4 maggio 1980
Segretario	Arne Duncan
Vicesegretario	Raymond Simon
Bilancio	13.4 miliardi di dollari USA (ufficiale 2006)
Impiegati	5.000 (2007)
Sito web	www.ed.gov

Il Dipartimento dell'Istruzione degli Stati Uniti d'America (in inglese United States Department of Education, abbreviato ED) è il dicastero del governo federale statunitense che si occupa delle politiche educative. Il ministero venne creato nel 1979 dal Presidente Carter.

A capo del dicastero vi è il Segretario, un ministro che siede nel gabinetto governativo. L'attuale segretario è Arne Duncan.

Struttura

Il Dipartimento è così ramificato:

• Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO)
• Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
• Office of Inspector General
• Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs (OLCA)
• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
• Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
  • National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    • National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
    • Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
• Office of the Chief Financial Officer
• Office of Management
• Office of the Chief Information Officer
• Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
  • Budget Service
• Risk Management Service

Chief Operating Officer

Office of the Under Secretary (OUS)

• Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
• Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA)
• President's Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHITCU)
• President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU)

Office of the Deputy Secretary (ODS)

• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
  • Office of Migrant Education
  • President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
• Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
  • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
  • Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
  • Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)
• Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS)
• Office of Innovation and Improvement

Associated federal organizations

• Advisory Councils and Committees
• National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)
• National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
• Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE)

Federally aided organizations

• Gallaudet University
• Howard University
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale

Altri progetti

• Commons

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