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Top: Regional: North_America: United_States: Government: Executive_Branch: Department_of_Education: Program_Offices
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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) presently has the following major Program Offices;
- Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) [formerly, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA)],
- Office for Civil Rights (OCR),
- Institute of Education Sciences (IES) [formerly, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)],
- Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII),
- Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE),
- Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE),
- Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS),
- Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS),
- Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), and
- Federal Student Aid (FSA).
Additional program offices are found within the above mentioned offices.
| Please submit only sites dealing with the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, its three national centers, and related operations. |
The Institute of Education Sciences, formerly, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), was established by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
| Please submit only sites dealing with US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and its programs, its 12 enforcement offices, and the administrative offices in Washington, D.C. |
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensures equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.
| Please submit only sites dealing with the US Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, its programs and operations. |
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) promotes academic excellence, enhances educational opportunities and equity for all of America's children and families, and to improves the quality of teaching and learning by providing leadership, technical assistance and financial support.
| Please submit only sites dealing with US Department of Education (ED) Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), its programs, and funded sites such as the NCELA, the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (formerly NCBE, the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education). |
The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) (formerly the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA)) provides national leadership in promoting high quality education for the nation's population of English language learners (ELLs).Traditionally, this population has been known as limited English proficient students (LEPs). OELA's mission is to include various elements of school reform in programs designed to assist the language minority agenda. These include emphasis on high academic standards, an improvement of school accountability, an emphasis on professional development, the promotion of family literacy, the encouragement of early reading, and the establishment of partnerships between parents and the community.
| Please submit only sites dealing with the Student Financial Assistance programs, like; applying for SFA grants, loans and work-study; the PEPS information system for Student Financial Assistance; financial aid for students; the Direct Loan Program; and information for financial aid professionals. |
The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) provides more than $60 billion of financial aid a year to college students.The FSA programs include Pell grants, Stafford loans, PLUS loans, and the "campus-based" programs: Federal Work Study, Perkins loans, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity grants.
The Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) is th entrepreneurial arm of ED, and makes strategic investments in promising educational practices through grants to states, schools, and community organizations.OII also leads the movement for greater parental options and information in education. This Office houses two dozen discretionary grant programs, and coordinates the public school choice and supplemental educational services provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Source: OII website
| Please submit only sites dealing with the US Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, its programs, grants, and initiatives. |
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) provides financial aid information from the federal government to help students attend colleges and universities. It also contains grant information and links to higher education institutions.
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of programs and activities that are designed to:
- Provide financial assistance for drug and violence prevention activities and activities that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Activities may be carried out by State and local educational agencies and by other public and private nonprofit organizations.
- Participate in the formulation and development of ED program policy and legislative proposals and in overall Administration policies related to violence and drug prevention; drafting program regulations.
- Participate in interagency committees, groups, and partnerships related to drug and violence prevention, coordinating with other Federal agencies on issues related to comprehensive school health, and advising the Secretary on the formulation of comprehensive school health education policy.
- Participate with other Federal agencies in the development of a national research agenda for drug and violence prevention.
- Administer the Department's programs relating to citizenship and civics education.
- Provide national leadership on issues and programs in correctional education.
Source: http://ed.gov/offices/OSDFS/
| Please submit only sites dealing with US Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and its three programs; the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP); the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA); and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). |
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) supports programs that assist in educating children with special needs, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities, and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
| Please submit only sites dealing with the US Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, its programs, grants, and events. |
The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) supports a wide range of programs and activities that help young people and adults obtain the knowledge and skills they need for successful careers and productive lives.
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