...substantially on the basis thus recommended, an act was passed March 2, 1867, establishing an agency " for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...information respecting the organization and management of school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment...

...SKETCH OF THE BUEEAU. The Bureau of Education was created "for the purpose of collecting such statistics as shall show the condition and progress of education...information respecting the organization and management of school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment...

...with each tribe. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. The duties of the Commissioner of Education are to collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition...education in the several States and Territories, and to diffuse such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...of Education was established by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 434; 20 USC 1), “for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States...

...AUTHORITY.—The Office of Education was created by an act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 434; 20 USC 1), to collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education, to diffuse such information as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance...

...of Education was established by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 434; 20 USC 1), "for the purpose of collecting such statistics and...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States...

...tradition of the Office of Education, which in the language of the original congressional mandate was "...for the purpose of collecting such statistics...education in the several States and Territories...." NCES provides leadership in many areas of educational statistics, relates educational statistics to...

...information is the Organic Act of 1867, 14 Stat. 434, which established a "Department of Education" several States and Territories, and of diffusing such...information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States...

...The Office of Education was created by an act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 434; 20 USC 1 ) , to collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education, to diffuse such information as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance...

...the 1800's were similarly general and unspecinc: * * * to collect statistics and facts showing the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories and to diffuse such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...