...and charged it with broad responsibilities, including : Collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...charged it with broad responsibilities including: ". . . collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...bureau of education was established " for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of school systems and...

...charged it with broad responsibilities including: * * * collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...and charged it with broad responsibilities, including : Collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories, diffusing- such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...

...education, the Federal government's role was to collect and diffuse "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories." At that time "diffusing" applied to the "diffusing of such Information respecting the organization...

...traditional Federal education role in collecting and diffusing "such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories." At the time of the first Department of Education legislation in l867. "diffusing" applied to "diffusing...

...congressional mandate of 1867 was ". . . for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories " NCES is a primary source of information about education for Federal, state, local and institutional...

...by Congress in 1867, had as a primary purpose the "collecting of such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several states and territories..." This national interest was not couched in terms of the value of such information to the Federal Government,...

...charged it with broad responsibilities including: ". . . collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems,...