Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

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The 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 things.

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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.

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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 Frank Brogan, who has been serving since his Senate confirmation on June 25, 2018. Previous office holders include: Ann Whalen (2015–2017), Deborah Delisle (2012–2015), and Thelma Melendez (2009–2011).

The Office includes 6 Departments:

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

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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, ed.gov

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Headquarters: 400 Maryland Avenue SW (Education Department Building) Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary of Education
Secretary of Education	Office for Civil Rights Institute of Education Sciences (National Center for Education Statistics)
Deputy Secretary of Education	Office of Innovation and Improvement (defunct) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Rehabilitation Services Administration Office of Special Education Programs) Office of English Language Acquisition Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Office of Safe and Healthy Students Office of Migrant Education)
Under Secretary of Education	Federal Student Aid Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education Office of Postsecondary Education TRiO White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
Programs	National Library of 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

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Education.

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