The Union of Everett Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for (the) Education Department, is a federal level executive department of the Union of Everett government. The Department of Education is administered by the Union of Everett Secretary of Education. It is by far the smallest federal level executive department, with about 5,300 employees. The agency's official acronym is EDU. It is also often abbreviated informally as DEDU.