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United States. Office of Education
A long-running federal education agency rather than a single person, this name refers to the U.S. Office of Education, which helped shape national education policy for more than a century. Its story connects early federal schooling efforts with the later creation of the modern U.S. Department of Education.
1 Audiobook
Americans All, Immigrants All
by United States. Office of Education, Inc. Columbia Broadcasting System
About the author
The United States Office of Education was a federal agency, not an individual author. Created in 1867, it operated within the Department of the Interior and was known at different times as the Bureau of Education, the Department of Education, and the Office of Education.
Over the years, it gathered statistics, published reports, supported research, and helped spread information about schools and education across the country. Its work made it an important source for official publications on American education, which is why it often appears as the credited author on historical government documents.
In 1972, the office was dissolved and its responsibilities were divided among newer federal agencies. Because this is a government body rather than a person, there is no suitable author portrait to use here.