...Department of Education has highlighted a traditional Federal education role in collecting and diffusing "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several states and territories." At the time of the first Department of Education legislation in l867. "diffusing" applied to "diffusing...

...Department of Education has highlighted a traditional Federal education role in collecting and diffusing "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several . •tates and territories." At the time of the first Department of Education legislation In 1867....

...Congress created the Department of Education and charged it with broad responsibilities including: ". . . collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...of education in the several States and Territories, diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...the Department of Education, created by Congress in 1867, had as a primary purpose the "collecting of such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several states and territories..." This national interest was not couched in terms of the value of such information to the Federal Government,...

...Department of Education established in 1867. The legislation at that time established the Department "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition of education in the several States and territories. * * *" The Center provides general-purpose statistical...

...Security Agency) The Office of Education was established by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1867, "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...and Territories, and of diffusing such information ropec'ting the oragnization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching,...

...States of America, in Congress assembled. That there shall be established, at the city of Washington, a Department of Education, for the purpose of collecting...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in...

...Congress enacted a statute establishing a Department of Education for the following purposes: * * * collecting such statistics and facts as shall show...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in...

...when it was first conceived in 1867, the Federal department of education was charged with the duty of: "Collecting such statistics and facts as shall...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in...

...is the principle on which it is based, but section 8 says: The department of education shall collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...and progress of education in the several States and in foreign countries. In order to aid the people of the several States in establishing and maintaining...