In the summer of 1744, Indian chiefs from the six Iroquois nations came to Lancaster to meet with representatives of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to resolve land disputes.
The primary functions of the Department of Education are to establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights..
1 In 1867, Congress established the Department of Education to promote the cause of education and collect and disseminate facts and statistics about education. 2  Until it was transferred to the FSA, the Office of Education and its predecessor organization had been part of the Department of the Interior.