The Department of Education

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The Department of Education is not one of the largest executive departments, nor was it created to give the federal government a majority control over school funding, dictate school curriculum across the country, or established in the 1930s as part of the New Deal. It primarily focuses on establishing policies related to federal financial aid for education, collecting data on America's schools, and focusing on key educational issues. Control over school curricula and the majority of funding for public schools comes from state and local levels, not the federal level. The Department of Education was actually established in 1979.