Related Terms • accreditation

Definition: Within the United States, the Department of Education is the federal agency that is concerned with all domestic educational matters that are not handled by the departments of education in the 50 states.

Related Resources:

U.S. Departments of Education
A directory of the all 50 state deparments of education, in the US.

Departments of Education in Canada
A directory of departments of education (and ministries) in Canada