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  1. Hi. My name is Laura Orbit, and today I'm gonna
  2. be talking about the Department of Education.
  3. So as we travel through our little tree here, we'll
  4. learn a lot more about this department so we could
  5. start first off on the history of the Department of
  6. Education. So basically, this department is created in 18, 60
  7. 18, 67 and they collect information on schools that would
  8. help the states establish effective school systems.
  9. And so basically, what they're going to do with this
  10. information is they're going to figure out what works and
  11. what doesn't work in education.
  12. And then they can get that information out the teachers
  13. and education policy makers and so that they can make
  14. a difference with this information.
  15. So some duties of Department of Education is they're going
  16. to establish policies related to federal financial aid for education.
  17. They're going to collect data and research for American schools.
  18. They're gonna identify major issues and problems, and they're gonna
  19. enforce laws prohibiting discrimination and education programs.
  20. And, of course, thes are a lot of responsibilities.
  21. So they have many, many offices to help them do
  22. these things.
  23. So I have three little office for you are here
  24. 23 we're gonna go through them.
  25. So firstly, we have Institute of Education Sciences, and if
  26. you're interested, there's little a little website right there.
  27. So basically what this institute does is they're gonna provide
  28. data described how well the U.
  29. S. Is educating their students.
  30. They're going to conduct surveys and they're gonna sponsor research
  31. projects. And they're basically gonna understand once again where education
  32. is improvement and how that improvement might be made.
  33. They're also gonna provide resource is to increase the use
  34. of this data and research and education decision making, and
  35. they're gonna conduct large scale evaluations of federal education programs
  36. policies. So if you see right here, this little someone
  37. yellow picture right here that is an example of the
  38. data they might use to be like, Hey, this needs
  39. to change.
  40. Here's here's the evidence to back it up.
  41. Let's try and do something about this.
  42. So next up, we have the office for Civil Rights.
  43. And so basically what this office does is they ensure
  44. equal access education.
  45. So what they're gonna do is they're gonna mostly enforced
  46. regulations. So we have for here.
  47. Here's a few examples of some of them.
  48. So we have the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  49. Basically, you can't be discriminated based on race, color, national
  50. origin and any programs in any education programs.
  51. Here we have the education amendments of 1972.
  52. You can't be discriminated against.
  53. Based on your Sex Age Discrimination Act of 1975 you
  54. can't be discriminated, discriminated against based on your age and
  55. then Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
  56. You can't be discriminated against if you have a disability.
  57. And if you feel like you're ever being discriminated against
  58. at school or where you're being educated, you could go
  59. to this website and you can file a discrimination complaint
  60. and they can they can help you.
  61. So this is the office you would go to if
  62. you feel like you're being discriminated against.
  63. And lastly, we have the Office of Planning, Evaluation and
  64. Policy Development.
  65. And so basically what this office is gonna dio is
  66. they're gonna advise the secretary on matters related to policy,
  67. development, implementation and review, and then they're gonna oversee, designed
  68. to provision and publication evaluation studies.
  69. And so, basically, to understand what this office does well,
  70. think of it in the president.
  71. Okay, You know how the president has a cabinet to
  72. advise him?
  73. The Secretary of Education has an office of planning, evaluation
  74. and policy development to advise her.
  75. So basically, the data from the education sciences is going
  76. to go to these people, and then they're gonna advise
  77. the secretary on what she should be doing.
  78. So, on the topic of the secretary, let's introduce her.
  79. Right now.
  80. Her name is Betsy DeVos and she is a graduate
  81. of Calvin College, and she has a bachelor of arts
  82. degree. So basically, before she was not nominated, she had
  83. 15 years serving as an in school mentor for at
  84. risk kids at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and she served on
  85. boards of numerous national and local charitable, local trouble and
  86. civic organizations.
  87. So basically, she has a lot of experience with Children.
  88. She has worked with Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
  89. She's worked with kids, hope U.
  90. S. A.
  91. With art prize.
  92. She's worked for the Kendall College of Art and Design.
  93. If you want her position, you have to You have
  94. to have experience in this field of education and you
  95. have tow get some fieldwork to know what students need.
  96. And so, if you want maybe a little article on
  97. how people feel about her nomination, how she was nominated,
  98. you could go and click this New York Times, like
  99. right here.
  100. All right, so we can move on to news concerning
  101. Department of Education's You're probably thinking okay, I know what
  102. the duties are, but what are they actually doing?
  103. Have they done anything recently?
  104. So let's hop into that.
  105. So let's talk about federal student loan payments first.
  106. So at the request of President Biden, the acting secretary
  107. of education will extend the pause on federal loan payments
  108. and their collections and keep interest rates at 0%.
  109. So what that basically means is that if you're a
  110. student and you have alone right now, you don't have
  111. to pay it right now.
  112. They're gonna extend your date for payment, and they won't
  113. increase your interest.
  114. And that's because because of the pandemic, a lot of
  115. people are really struggling financially.
  116. And so they basically said students shouldn't have to decide
  117. between paying their loans and getting food on the table.
  118. They should be focusing on their well being.
  119. So then we're gonna We're gonna extend federal loan payments
  120. and speaking.
  121. Speaking of education during the pandemic, President Biden is actually
  122. released an executive order.
  123. And they basically said student financial aid administrations must make
  124. it easier for those who are unemployed to get federal
  125. aid for post secondary education.
  126. So what he's trying to do is he's trying to
  127. encourage postsecondary education because right now a lot of people
  128. are financially iffy.
  129. They're not doing very well.
  130. So he said, OK, make it easier for them to
  131. get financial aid.
  132. So then they will be encouraged to pursue post secondary
  133. education. And here's another little link on that article.
  134. Is it basically, at the moment, what the Department of
  135. Education is doing is they're making education acts education a
  136. lot easier and a crisis and our national pandemic worldwide
  137. pandemic. So last but not least, we have.
  138. Our little resource is.
  139. So if you want to read up on apartment education,
  140. here is their page.
  141. Very short.
  142. Very nice.
  143. You're going to type it up if you read all
  144. about them.
  145. So thank you for listening to my presentation on.
  146. I hope to learn a bit more about the Department
  147. of Education.
  148. Bye