...in 1867 when it was first conceived, the Federal Department of Education was charged with the duty, "of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in several States and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management...

...Education (USOE). Its mission (An Act to Establish a Department of Education, 1867) was to: collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of 0 o _n £ !E -g education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information...

...disseminate information about education. In the language of the organic act, the agency was established "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...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...

...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...

...of the United States. Shortly after this visit, Rep. Garfield introduced legislation "to establish a department of education for the purpose of collecting...shall show the condition and progress of education." 51 Garfield's campaign for the establishment of a department of education met with considerable resistance...

...(a) FINDINGS. — The Congress finds that — (1) a Department of Education was established in 1867 "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...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...

...federal agency established for the limited purposes of "collecting such statistics and facts as will show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories" should now decide that it, rather than the states, will be the focus for all things educational. The...

...States of America in Congress »««amhiori. 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...

...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...

...But the Congress determined in 1 867 that it was a legitimate federal responsibility to "collect. . .such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several States and territories". The original Department of Education was also charged by Congress with "diffusing such information...