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Definition of the Department of Education from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Department of Education

 
/ðə dɪˌpɑːtmənt əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/
 
/ðə dɪˌpɑːrtmənt əv edʒuˈkeɪʃn/
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  1. the US government department that establishes general policies for the country's schools and is in charge of national programmes for education, including financial help. Individual states have a lot of freedom to decide what is taught in their schools.
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