United States Secretary of Education

Margaret Spellings, the current United States Secretary of Education.

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 14th in line of United States presidential line of succession. The United States Secretary of Education deals with Education.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education as a cabinet-level agency. Previously, Education had been handled by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, henceforth known as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The current Secretary of Education is Margaret Spellings.

[edit] Chronological list

No.	Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
1	Shirley Hufstedler	November 30, 1979 - January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
2	Terrel Bell	January 22, 1981 - January 20, 1985	Ronald Reagan
3	William J. Bennett	February 6, 1985 - 1988	Ronald Reagan
4	Lauro Cavazos	September 20, 1988 - December 12, 1990	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
5	Lamar Alexander	March 22, 1991 - January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
6	Richard Riley	January 21, 1993 - January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
7	Roderick Paige	January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005	George W. Bush
8	Margaret Spellings	January 20, 2005 -	George W. Bush

ED Staff Organization: Management Offices. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved on April 11, 2007. - Includes the Secretary of Education

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Education

Hufstedler • Bell • Bennett • Cavazos • Alexander • Riley • Paige • Spellings

v • d • e Agencies under the United States Department of Education

Secretary of Education	Office for Civil Rights · Institute of Education Sciences

Deputy Secretary of Education	Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools · Office of Innovation and Improvement · Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services · Office of English Language Acquisition · Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Under Secretary of Education	Office of Federal Student Aid · Office of Vocational and Adult Education · Office of Postsecondary Education · White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Programs	National Center for Education Statistics · National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research · Office of Migrant Education • Education Resources Information Center · National Assessment of Educational Progress

Independent Organizations	Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance · National Institute for Literacy · National Assessment Governing Board · National Board for Education Sciences · White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities · White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

v • d • e Leaders of the United States Federal Executive Departments

Agriculture • Commerce • Defense • Education • Energy • Health and Human Services • Homeland Security • Housing and Urban Development • Interior • Justice • Labor • State • Transportation • Treasury • Veterans Affairs Past department leaders: Commerce and Labor • Health, Education, and Welfare • Navy • Post Office • War

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