Commissioner of Education
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The Commissioner of Education was the title given to the head of the National Bureau of Education, a former unit within the Department of the Interior in the United States. The position was created on March 2, 1867 when an Act to establish a Department of Education took effect.
The Commissioner was responsible for:[1]
- Formulating educational policy
- Administering the various functions of the Office of Education
- Coordinating educational activities at the national level
The Commissioner also served as an ex officio member of the District of Columbia Commission on Licensure, the Board of Foreign Scholarships and served as the governmental representative on the US National Commission for UNESCO.[2]
In 1972, Public Law 92-318 provided the repeal of a part of the law which had created the office of Commissioner of Education. The repeal took effect on July 1, 1972. The Office of Education ceased to exist. The Commissioner of Education continued to exist in the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare until 1980 when the post was phased out in favor of the United States Secretary of Education.[3]
[edit] List of Commissioners of Education
| Commissioner | Term |
|---|---|
| Henry Barnard | March 11, 1867 - 1870 |
| John Eaton | 1870 - 1886 |
| Nathaniel H. R. Dawson | 1886 - 1889 |
| William T. Harris | 1889 - 1906 |
| Elmer E. Brown | 1906 - 1911 |
| Philander P. Claxton | 1911 - 1921 |
| John T. Tigert | 1921 - 1928 |
| William J. Cooper | 1929 - 1933 |
| George F. Zook | 1933 - 1934 |
| John W. Studebaker | 1934 - 1948 |
| Earl James McGrath | 1949 - 1953 |
| Lee M. Thurston | 1953 - 1953 |
| Samuel Miller Brownell | 1953 - 1956 |
| Lawrence Gridley Derthick | 1956 - 1961 |
| Sterling M. McMurrin | 1961 - 1962 |
| Francis C. Keppel | 1962 - 1965 |
| Harold Howe II | 1965 - 1968 |
| James E. Allen, Jr. | 1969 - 1970 |
| Sydney P. Marland, Jr. | 1970 - 1973 |
| John R. Ottina | 1973 - 1974 |
| Terrel H. Bell | 1974 - 1976 |
| Edward Aguirre | 1976 - 1977 |
| Ernest L. Boyer | 1977 - 1979 |
| William L. Smith | 1980 - 1980 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Knezevich, Stephen J. (1969), Administration of Public Education (2 ed.), New York: Harper & Row, p. 237, OCLC 12690
- ^ Knezevich, Stephen J. (1969), Administration of Public Education (2 ed.), New York: Harper & Row, p. 238, OCLC 12690
- ^ "Education", The Encyclopedia Americana, 9, Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier, 2000, p. 740, OCLC 43838093
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