Ministry of Education

...The center of educational administration in each region is the state or local board of education, which combines the principles of lay control and professional administration. Apart from financial aid, the federal government has traditionally not been directly involved in education in local communities, and it was only in 1979 that the Department of Education was established as an educational administration agency. The Department of Education was separated from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) as the federal government's administrative and financial involvement increased, but the future of federal education administration has been in turmoil, with President Reagan proposing the abolition of the Department of Education, and decentralization of education remains a strong tradition. ...

*Some of the glossaries that refer to the "Ministry of Education" are listed below.

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…各地域で教育行政の中心となるのは，素人統制と専門家行政の原理を結合した，州･地域レベルの教育委員会である。財政援助の形を除くと，連邦政府は伝統的に地域社会の教育に直接関与せず，文教行政機関としての教育省が設置されたのも1979年である。教育省は，連邦政府の行財政的関与の高まりに伴い，保健･教育･福祉省(HEW)から独立したものであるが，その後レーガン大統領が教育省の廃止を打ち出すなど，連邦教育行政の行方は混沌としており，教育の地方分権は今なお強い伝統である。…

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