Which of the following statements is false?
A) President Washington established the first Department of Education in his second term as president.
B) President Andrew Johnson established the U.S. Office of Education in 1867 to help strengthen growing federal support for education.
C) In 1869, the Office of Education was transferred to the U.S. Department of the Interior and became the Bureau of Education.
D) In 1953, the U.S. Bureau of Education merged with other offices to become the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW).
E) In 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the cabinet-level Department of Education.

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President Washington did not establish the first Department of Education during his presidency. The U.S. Department of Education as a cabinet-level department was established in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter.

Which of the Following Statements Is False