The Department of Education offers a wide variety of internship opportunities for students interested in learning more about working for the federal government as well as getting a chance to better understand educational policy within the US.
Interns applying for the Department of Education Internship Program often get a chance to select their own work assignments as well as the department in which they would most like to work. Although applications are accepted on a rolling basis: summer, fall, winter, and spring are by far the most common times that students do their internships. By applying several months in advance students will be better able to select the type of internship assignment they want as well as the department where they'd like to complete their internship.