United States Secretary of Education

E6563

United States Cabinet position government office

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education, serving as the president’s chief advisor on federal education policy and administration.

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Label	Occurrences
United States Secretary of Education canonical	26
Secretary of Education	6
Secretary of Education of the United States	4
U.S. Secretary of Education	2
United States Commissioner of Education	2
ED Secretary	1
United States Secretary of Education 1991	1
United States Secretary of Education 1993	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Education
Context triple: [Presidential Succession Act, definesSuccessionPosition, United States Secretary of Education]

A. United States Secretary of Labor
The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor and a Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing federal labor standards, employment policy, and workplace safety in the U.S.
B. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
C. United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, overseeing national public health, welfare, and health policy programs.
D. United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a federal executive agency responsible for establishing national education policy, administering federal financial aid, and overseeing and accrediting educational institutions across the country.
E. United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the Cabinet official who oversees federal lands, natural resources, and relations with Native American tribes as head of the Department of the Interior.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Secretary of Education
Target entity description: The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education, serving as the president’s chief advisor on federal education policy and administration.

A. United States Secretary of Labor
The United States Secretary of Labor is the head of the Department of Labor and a Cabinet-level official responsible for overseeing federal labor standards, employment policy, and workplace safety in the U.S.
B. United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the federal government’s chief foreign affairs official, responsible for directing U.S. diplomacy, negotiating with other nations, and advising the President on international relations.
C. United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the Cabinet-level official who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, overseeing national public health, welfare, and health policy programs.
D. United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a federal executive agency responsible for establishing national education policy, administering federal financial aid, and overseeing and accrediting educational institutions across the country.
E. United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the Cabinet official who oversees federal lands, natural resources, and relations with Native American tribes as head of the Department of the Interior.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abbreviation	ED Secretary ⓘ linked to: United States Secretary of Education Sec. of Education ⓘ
advises	President of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
cabinetRank	cabinet-level officer ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
departmentSeal	Seal of the United States Department of Education ⓘ
firstHolder	Shirley Hufstedler ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate	1980 ⓘ
formationDate	1979 ⓘ May 4, 1980 ⓘ
headOf	United States Department of Education ⓘ
isInLineOfSuccessionFor	President of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	20 U.S.C. § 3411 ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition	16 ⓘ
memberOf	President's Cabinet ⓘ linked to: Cabinet of the United States
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Department of Education Organization Act ⓘ
oversees	Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education) ⓘ linked to: Office for Civil Rights Office of Elementary and Secondary Education ⓘ Office of English Language Acquisition ⓘ Office of Federal Student Aid ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ⓘ linked to: United States Secretary of Health and Human Services United States Commissioner of Education ⓘ linked to: United States Secretary of Education
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of federal education programs ⓘ collection and dissemination of education data ⓘ enforcement of federal civil rights laws in education ⓘ federal education policy ⓘ federal student financial aid policy ⓘ implementation of education laws ⓘ improving quality of education nationwide ⓘ promoting equal access to education ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style	Madam Secretary ⓘ Mr. Secretary ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ
typeOfPosition	political appointee ⓘ
website	https://www.ed.gov ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Succession Act → definesSuccessionPosition → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

United States Secretary of Education → predecessorOffice → United States Commissioner of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

United States Secretary of Education → abbreviation → ED Secretary ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Madam Secretary → appliesToPosition → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Madam Secretary → usedForOffice → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Department of Education Organization Act → createdOffice → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Mr. Secretary → appliesToOffice → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Lamar Alexander → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → reportsTo → U.S. Secretary of Education ⓘ

subject linked to: OCR

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Education → accountableTo → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Shirley Hufstedler → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Office of the Secretary of Education → headOfGovernmentBody → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Office of the Secretary of Education → headedBy → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Office of the Secretary of Education → hasPosition → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → startTime → United States Secretary of Education 1991 ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. → endTime → United States Secretary of Education 1993 ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Lauro Cavazos → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Richard Riley → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Charter Schools Program → oversightBy → U.S. Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Ernest L. Boyer → positionHeld → United States Commissioner of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Laura Roslin → occupation → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Terrel H. Bell → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

subject linked to: Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development → reportsTo → Secretary of Education of the United States ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Shirley Hufstedler → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

subject linked to: Hufstedler

Terrel Bell → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities → hasMember → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (U.S. Department of Education) → reportsTo → Secretary of Education of the United States ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

United States Deputy Secretary of Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretary of Education → reportsTo → Secretary of Education ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

United States Under Secretary of Education → reportsTo → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Education → reportsTo → Secretary of Education of the United States ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

John King Jr. → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Miguel Cardona → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Richard Wilson Riley → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

Lamar Alexander → positionHeld → United States Secretary of Education ⓘ

subject linked to: Alexander family of Tennessee

Chief Information Officer of the Department of Education → reportsTo → Secretary of Education of the United States ⓘ

linked to: United States Secretary of Education

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