What does the Department of Education DO..?
To ensure that the population is 'schooled' (read indoctrinated) see this video: John Taylor Gatto - The Purpose Of Schooling
But the TLDR is this: it is about control, the control of people.
>>What does the Department of Education DO..?
Exactly what is was created to do: indoctrinate our children to become obedient, Democrat-voting, American-hating globalists, i.e., Communists.