Which of these responsibilities is performed by the us department of education?
a. distributing fundingb. operating public schoolsc. creating standards for education
d. enforcing anti-discrimination laws

The correct answers are A and D.

The Department of Education was created in 1980 and has 4,400 employees and a $68 billion budget.

The main goals of this department are :

- Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, distributing and monitoring those funds.

- Collecting data on American schools.

- Focusing national attention on key educational issues.

- Prohibiting discrimination and enforcing equal access to education.

The Department of Education is not heavily involved in determining curricula or educational standards ( with the exception of the No Child Left Behind Act), this is left to state and local school districts. It does not establish school or colleges either.

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