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United States
Department of Education
Established: 1979
Activated:
First Secretary: Shirley Hufstedler
Current Secretary: Margaret Spellings
Deputy Secretary: Raymond Simon
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Employees:
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Margaret Spellings, the current United States Secretary of Education.
Margaret Spellings, the current United States Secretary of Education.

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 17th in line of United States presidential line of succession.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education as a cabinet-level agency. Previously, Education had been handled by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, henceforth known as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The current Secretary of Education is Margaret Spellings.

No. Name Term of Office President(s) served under
1 Shirley Hufstedler November 30, 1979 - January 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter
2 Terrel Bell January 22, 1981 - January 20, 1985 Ronald Reagan
3 William J. Bennett February 6, 1985 - 1988 Ronald Reagan
4 Lauro Cavazos September 20, 1988 - December 12, 1990 Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
5 Lamar Alexander March 22, 1991 - January 20, 1993 George H. W. Bush
6 Richard Riley January 21, 1993 - January 20, 2001 Bill Clinton
7 Roderick Paige January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005 George W. Bush
8 Margaret Spellings January 20, 2005 - George W. Bush

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United States Secretaries of Education
Hufstedler • Bell • Bennett • Cavazos • Alexander • Riley • Paige • Spellings Seal of the United States Department of Education
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Agencies under the United States Department of Education

Secretary of Education
Office for Civil Rights • Institute of Education Sciences

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

Programs
National Center for Education Statistics • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research • Office of Migrant Education • Education Resources Information Center • National Assessment of Educational Progress

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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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