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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202
Phone, 800-USA-LEARN (toll free). Internet, http://www.ed.gov.
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Margaret Spellings
Chief of Staff David Dunn
Assistant Secretary for Kevin F. Sullivan
Communication and Outreach
Assistant Secretary for Planning, Tom Luce
Evaluation and Policy
Development
General Counsel Kent Talbert, Acting
Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr.
Assistant Secretary for Legislation Terrell Halaska
and Congressional Affairs
Deputy Secretary Raymond Simon
Chief Financial Officer (vacancy)
Chief Information Officer Michell Clark, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Michell Clark
Management
Assistant Secretary for Civil Stephanie Johnson
Rights Monroe
Chief Operating Officer for Theresa A. Shaw
Federal Student Aid
Under Secretary (vacancy)
Director, Institute of Education Grover J. Whitehurst
Sciences
Assistant Secretary for Henry L. Johnson
Elementary and Secondary
Education
Assistant Secretary for Sally Stroup
Postsecondary Education
Assistant Secretary for Special John Hager
Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Assistant Secretary for Heriberto Gonzalez,
Vocational and Adult Acting
Education
Director, Office of English Kathleen Leos
Language Acquisition,
Language Enhancement,
and Academic Achievement
for Limited English
Proficient Students
Deputy Under Secretary, Office Deborah Price
of Safe and Drug Free
Schools
Deputy Under Secretary, Office (vacancy)
of Innovation and
Improvement
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The Department of Education establishes policy for, administers, and
coordinates most Federal assistance to education. Its mission is to
ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence
throughout the Nation.
The Department of Education was created by the Department of Education
Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411) and is administered under the
supervision and direction of the Secretary of Education.
Secretary The Secretary of Education advises the President on education
plans, policies, and programs of the Federal
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Government and serves as the chief executive officer of the
Department, coordinating and overseeing all Department activities,
providing support and encouragement to States and localities on matters
related to education, and focusing the resources of the Department and
the attention of the country on ensuring equal access to education and
promoting educational excellence throughout the Nation.
Activities
Institute of Education Sciences The Institute of Education Sciences was
formally established by Education Sciences Reform Act 2002. The
Institute includes national education centers focused on research,
statistics, and evaluation, and is the mechanism through which the
Department supports the research activities needed to improve education
policy and practice.
Elementary and Secondary Education The Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education directs, coordinates, and formulates policy for the
Department's activities relating to early childhood, elementary, and
secondary education. Included are grants and contracts to State
educational agencies and local school districts, postsecondary schools,
and nonprofit organizations for the education of disadvantaged, migrant,
and Indian children; enhancement of State student achievement assessment
systems; improvement of reading instruction; impact aid; technology; and
after-school learning programs. The Office also focuses on providing
children with the readiness skills and support they need in early
childhood so they are ready to learn when they enter school, and on
improving the quality of teachers and other instructional staff.
English Language Acquisition The Office of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited
English Proficient Students helps children who are limited in their
English, including immigrant children and youth, attain English
proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and
meet the same challenging State academic content and student academic
achievement standards that all children are expected to meet.
Federal Student Aid Federal Student Aid partners with postsecondary
schools and financial institutions to deliver programs and services that
help students finance their education beyond high school. This includes
administering postsecondary student financial assistance programs
authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act 1965, as amended.
The Title IV programs collectively represent the Nation's largest source
of financial aid for postsecondary students, providing $73 billion in
aid to over 10 million students attending more than 6000 institutions in
fiscal year 2005.
Innovation and Improvement The Office of Innovation and Improvement
(OII) oversees competitive grant programs that support innovations in
the educational system and disseminates the lessons learned from these
innovative practices. OII also helps coordinate policies related to
parental options and choice. OII administers, coordinates, and
recommends programs and policy for improving the quality of activities
designed to support and test innovations throughout the K-12 system in
areas such as parental choice, teacher quality, use of technology in
education, and arts in education. OII encourages the establishment of
charter schools through planning, start-up funding, and approaches to
credit enhancement for charter school facilities. OII also encourages
the expansion of parental options and information in the public schools
through magnet schools, public school choice, and supplemental
educational services, and by working with community organizations to
inform parents of their school choice options. OII serves as the
Department's liaison and resource to the nonpublic education community,
oversees the Family Policy Compliance Office, and manages the Fund for
the Improvement of Education.
Postsecondary Education The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
formulates Federal postsecondary education policy and administers
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programs that address critical national needs in support of their
mission to increase access to quality postsecondary education. To
increase access to postsecondary education, OPE develops policy for
Federal student financial programs and support programs that reach out
to low-income, first-generation college students and communities. OPE
also supports programs that strengthen the capacity of colleges and
universities serving a high percentage of disadvantaged students and
improve teacher quality. OPE recognizes accrediting agencies that
monitor academic quality, promote innovation in higher education, and
improve and expand American educational resources for international
studies and services.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
(OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving
drug and violence prevention programs. OSDFS, in partnership with State
and local educational agencies and public and private nonprofit
organizations, supports and provides funding for efforts to create safe
schools, respond to crises, prevent drug and alcohol abuse, ensure the
health and well-being of students, and teach students good citizenship
and character. The Office coordinates Department efforts in these areas
with other Federal agencies and also leads the Department of Education's
homeland security efforts. OSDFS also participates in the formulation
and development of program policy, legislative proposals, and developing
administration policies related to violence and drug prevention. The
Office drafts program regulations, advises the Secretary on the
formulation of comprehensive school health education policy, and
develops a national research agenda with other Federal agencies. OSDFS
also administers the Department's character, citizenship, and civic
education programs; gives guidance on correctional education issues; and
provides financial assistance to States and local entities implementing
correctional education programs.
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services The Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) provides leadership to
ensure that people with disabilities have services, resources, and equal
opportunities to learn, work, and live as fully integrated, contributing
members of society. OSERS supports programs that serve millions of
children, youth, and adults with disabilities. It coordinates the
activities of the Office of Special Education Programs in administering
IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), which works to
help States provide quality early intervention services and educational
opportunities to help infants, toddlers, children, and youth with
disabilities achieve their goals. OSERS supports State vocational
rehabilitation and independent living programs that give people with
disabilities the education, job training, and job placement services
they need to gain meaningful employment and independent lives. It
supports research and technological programs that are crafting
blueprints for a barrier-free, inclusive society. OSERS supports
Gallaudet University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the
American Printing House for the Blind, and the Helen Keller National
Center.
Vocational and Adult Education The Office of Vocational and Adult
Education administers grant, contract, and technical assistance programs
for vocational-technical education and for adult education and literacy.
Regional Offices Each regional office serves as a center for the
dissemination of information and provides technical assistance to State
and local educational agencies and other institutions and individuals
interested in Federal educational activities. Offices are located in
Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL;
Dallas, TX; Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle,
WA.
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Federally Aided Corporations
American
Printing House
for the Blind
P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone, 502-895-2405. Internet, http://www.aph.org.
President Tuck Tinsley III
Chairman of the Board W. James Lintner, Jr.
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Founded in 1858 as a nonprofit organization, the American Printing House
for the Blind (APH) received its Federal charter in 1879 when Congress
passed the Act to promote Education of the Blind. This Act designates
APH as the official supplier of educational materials adapted for
students who are legally blind and who are enrolled in formal
educational programs below the college level. Materials produced and
distributed by APH include textbooks in Braille and large type,
educational tools such as Braille typewriters and microcomputer software
and hardware, teaching aides such as tests and performance measures, and
other special supplies. The materials are distributed through allotments
to the States to programs serving individuals who are blind.
For further information, contact the American Printing House for the
Blind, P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206. Phone, 502-895-2405.
Internet, http://www.aph.org.
Gallaudet
University
800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002
Phone, 202-651-5000. Internet, http://www.gallaudet.edu.
President, Gallaudet University I. King Jordan
Chairman, Board of Trustees Glenn B. Anderson
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Gallaudet University received its Federal charter in 1864 and is
currently authorized by the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, as
amended. Gallaudet is a private, nonprofit education institution
providing elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and continuing education
programs for persons who are deaf. The University offers a traditional
liberal arts curriculum for students who are deaf, and graduate programs
in fields related to deafness for students who are deaf and students who
are hearing. Gallaudet also conducts a wide variety of basic and applied
deafness research and provides public service programs for persons who
are deaf and for professionals who work with persons who are deaf.
Gallaudet University is accredited by a number of accrediting
bodies, among which are the Middle States Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education, and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools
and Programs for the Deaf.
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Gallaudet's Laurent Clerc
National Deaf Education Center operates elementary and secondary
education programs that are federally funded, on the main campus of the
University--the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf. These programs are authorized by the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304, as amended) for the
primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating model
curricula, instructional techniques and strategies,
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and materials that can be used in a variety of educational environments
serving individuals throughout the Nation who are deaf or hard of
hearing. The Education of the Deaf Act requires the programs to include
students preparing for postsecondary opportunities other than college
and students with a broad spectrum of needs, such as students who are
lower achieving academically, come from non-English-speaking homes, have
secondary disabilities, are members of minority groups, or are from
rural areas.
Model Secondary School for the Deaf The school was established by act
of October 15, 1966 (20 U.S.C. 693), which was superseded by the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986. The school provides day and
residential facilities for secondary-aged students from across the
United States from grades 9 to 12, inclusively.
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School The school became the Nation's
first demonstration elementary school for the deaf by act of December
24, 1970 (20 U.S.C. 695). This act was superseded by the Education of
the Deaf Act of 1986. The school is a day program for students from the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area from the age of onset of deafness to
age 15, inclusively, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent.
For further information, contact the Public Relations Office, Gallaudet
University, 800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202-
651-5505. Internet, http://www.gallaudet.edu.
Howard
University
2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 20059
Phone, 202-806-6100. Internet, http://www.howard.edu.
President H. Patrick Swygert
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Howard University was established by act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat.
438). It offers instruction in 12 schools and colleges, as follows: the
colleges of arts and sciences; dentistry; engineering, architecture, and
computer sciences; medicine; pharmacy, nursing, and allied health
sciences; the graduate school; the schools of business; communications;
divinity; education; law; and social work. In addition, Howard
University has research institutes, centers, and special programs in the
following areas: cancer, child development, computational science and
engineering, international affairs, sickle cell disease, and the
national human genome project.
For further information, contact the Office of University
Communications, Howard University, 2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC
20059. Phone, 202-806-0970. Internet, http://www.howard.edu.
National
Institute for
Literacy
Suite 730, 1775 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20006
Phone, 202-233-2025
Director Sandra L. Baxter,
Acting
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The National Institute for Literacy leads the national effort towards a
fully literate America. By building and strengthening national,
regional, and State literacy infrastructures, the Institute fosters
collaboration and innovation. Its goal is
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to ensure that all Americans with literacy needs receive the high-
quality education and basic skills services necessary to achieve success
in the workplace, family, and community.
National
Technical
Institute for
the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Phone, 716-475-6853 (voice/TDD). Internet, http://www.ntid.edu.
President, Rochester Institute of Technology Albert J. Simone
Vice President, National Technical Institute for T. Alan Hurwitz
the Deaf
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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was established by
act of June 8, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 681) to promote the employment of persons
who are deaf, by providing technical and professional education. The
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act was superseded by the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4431, as amended October 7,
1998). The U.S. Department of Education maintains a contract with the
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for the operation of a
residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education
for individuals who are deaf. The purpose of the special relationship
with the host institution is to give NTID's faculty and students access
to more facilities, institutional services, and career preparation
options than could be otherwise provided by a national technical
institute for the deaf standing alone.
NTID offers a variety of technical programs at the certificate,
diploma, and associate degree levels. Degree programs include majors in
business, engineering, science, and visual communications. In addition,
NTID students may participate in approximately 200 educational programs
available through the Rochester Institute of Technology. Students who
are deaf that enroll in NTID or RIT programs are provided a wide range
of support services and special programs to assist them in preparing for
their careers, including tutoring, counseling, notetaking, interpreting,
specialized educational media, cooperative work experience, and
specialized job placement. RIT and NTID are both accredited by the
Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
NTID also conducts applied research in occupational- and employment-
related aspects of deafness, communication assessment, demographics of
NTID's target population, and learning processes in postsecondary
education. In addition, NTID conducts training workshops and seminars
related to deafness. These workshops and seminars are offered to
professionals throughout the Nation who employ, work with, teach, or
otherwise serve persons who are deaf.
For further information, contact the Rochester Institute of Technology,
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Department of Recruitment and
Admissions, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive,
Rochester, NY 14623-5604. Phone, 716-475-6700. Internet, http://www.ntid.edu.
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Sources of
Information
Inquiries on the following information may be directed to the specified
office, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20202.
Contracts and Small Business Activities Call or write the Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Phone, 202-245-6301.
Employment Inquiries and applications for employment, and inquiries
regarding the college recruitment program, should be directed to the
Human Resources Group. Phone, 202-401-0553.
Organization Contact the Executive Office, Office of Management. Phone,
202-401-0690. TDD, 202-260-8956.
For further information, contact the Information Resources Center,
Department of Education, Room 5E248 (FB-6), 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202. Phone, 800-USA-LEARN. Internet, http://www.ed.gov.