Secretary of Education Education Secretary | the position of the head of the Education Department, the post of Education Secretary was created in |
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare | head of a former executive department created in and divided into two departments in |
education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) |
education instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
continuing education | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time |
adult education | a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study |
elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school |
higher education | education provided by a college or university |
secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades, provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
college | a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed |
Dartmouth College Dartmouth | a college in New Hampshire |
education training breeding | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), a woman of breeding and refinement |
education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge, education is a preparation for life, a girl's education was less important than a boy's |
physical education | training in the development of and care for the human body, stresses athletics, includes hygiene |
self-education selfultivation | the process of educating yourself |
special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom |
vocational training vocational education | training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade |
education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, it was clear that he had a very broad education |
Master of Education MEd | a master's degree in education |
Doctor of Education EdD DEd | a doctor's degree in education |
Sacred College College of Cardinals | (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes |
Department of Education Education Department Education | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students), created |
Department of Health Education and Welfare | a former executive department of the United States government, created in and divided in |
electoral college | the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president |
college | the body of faculty and students of a college |
college | an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees, often a part of a university |
business college | a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce |
junior college | a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree |
community college | a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community |
training college | a school providing training for a special field or profession |
Eton College | a public school for boys founded in , located in Berkshire |
Winchester College | the oldest English public school, located in Winchester |
normal school teachers college | a two-year school for training elementary teachers |
school board board of education | a board in charge of local public schools |
co-ed college girl | a female student at a coeducational college or university |
college student university student | a student enrolled in a college or university |
collegian college man college boy | a student (or former student) at a college or university |
Secretary of Education Education Secretary | the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education, Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education |
General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE O level | the basic level of a subject taken in school |
college level | the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained |