United States Department of Education: Difference between revisions

Unlike the systems of many other countries, [[education in the United States]] is organized at a subnational level by each of the fifty states. Under the [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|10th Amendment]], the federal government and Department of Education should not be involved in determining curricula or educational standards or establishing schools or colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Roles of Federal and State Governments in Education |url=https://www.findlaw.com/education/curriculum-standards-school-funding/the-roles-of-federal-and-state-governments-in-education.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Findlaw |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DoDEA) oversees schools located on American military bases<ref>{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=DoDEA |title=About DoDEA |url=https://www.dodea.edu/aboutdodea/index.cfm |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.dodea.edu |language=en-us}}</ref> and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education supports tribally controlled schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tribally Controlled Schools {{!}} Bureau of Indian Education |url=https://www.bie.edu/topic-page/tribally-controlled-schools |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.bie.edu}}</ref> The quality of higher education institutions and their degrees are maintained through an informal private process known as [[educational accreditation|accreditation]], over which the Department of Education has no direct public jurisdictional control.

 

 

* Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.