- The Federal Role in Education.
- 1802 U.S. Military Academy.
- 1845 U.S. Naval Academy
- 1867 Office of Education.
- 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act
- 1890 Morrill Land Grant Act
- 1917 Smith-Hughes Act
- Reorganization Act of 1939.
- Federal Security Agency.
- 1941 Lanham Act
- 1944 G.I. Bill
- 1946 George-Barden Act
- 1950 Impact Aid Act
- 1953 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- 1958 National Defense Education Act
- Civil Rights in Education
- - Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- - Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
- - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Higher Education Act
- 1980 Department of Education
