Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is a division of the United States Department of Education. Its purpose is to promote academic excellence, enhance educational opportunities and equity for all of America's children and families, and to improve the quality of teaching and learning by providing leadership, technical assistance, and financial support.

Responsibilities

The Office is responsible for directing, coordinating, and recommending policy for programs designed to:

  • Assist State and local educational agencies to improve the achievement of elementary and secondary school students.
  • Help ensure equal access to services leading to such improvement for all children, particularly children who are educationally disadvantaged, Native American, children of migrant workers, or homeless.
  • Foster educational improvement at the State and local levels.
  • Provide financial assistance to local educational agencies whose local revenues are affected by Federal activities.

Organization

The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, who reports to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary. The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education serves as principal adviser to the Secretary of Education on all matters related to elementary and secondary education. The current Assistant Secretary is Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana who was appointed on July 24, 2009.

The Office includes 6 Departments:

  • Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs
  • Impact Aid Programs
  • Office of Indian Education
  • School Support and Technology Programs
  • Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs

References

v · d · eAgencies under the United States Department of Education
Secretary of Education United States Department of Education Seal
Deputy Secretary of Education
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools · Office of Innovation and Improvement · Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services · Office of English Language Acquisition · Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Under Secretary of Education
Office of Federal Student Aid · Office of Vocational and Adult Education · Office of Postsecondary Education · White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Programs
Independent Organizations
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance · National Institute for Literacy · National Assessment Governing Board · National Board for Education Sciences · White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities · White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

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