"Education must not simply teach work — it must teach life."

These words by civil rights activist and historian W.E.B. Du Bois were echoed by the U.S. Department of Education's Twitter account, but ironically, with a spelling error.

The account attributed the words to W.E.B. "DeBois." Of course, people on Twitter noticed right away and were not afraid to bring out the red pens and correct the "alternative spelling."

Later, the account apologized for the error — but, sadly, it botched that too.

Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois pic.twitter.com/Re4cWkPSFA — US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017

The NAACP came with another quote and some clapping hands.

"In the Days of Loose & Careless Logic, We Must Teach Thinkers to THINK." - William Edward Burghardt DU Bois 👏🏽 https://t.co/3m03Vnt5C1 — NAACP (@NAACP) February 12, 2017

Some blamed Betsy DeVos, the controversial new secretary of education whose lack of experience in public schools have sparked protests.

@usedgov OMG, it's DuBois. Who is in charge over there?...oh, wait, I get it. — Jennifer Morgan (@ProfJLMorgan) February 12, 2017

How's that Department of Education job working out #BetsyDeVos ? You couldn't spell check "Du Bois" before you tweeted?😞 #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/9nvxMTr6tS — シャロン Ishimaru Kaito (@TrgdyAnn) February 12, 2017

Look, Betsy, I know you love your last name, but it's "Du Bois," not "DeBois." https://t.co/LwIOHlqlfT — Jerome Molasky (@JeromeMolasky) February 12, 2017

Others simply added this to the list of Black History Month fails from the government this year.

Black History Month tally: Trump resurrected Fred Douglass, Pence turned Lincoln black, Devos turned DuBois into a typo. With 16 days left. — jelani cobb (@jelani9) February 12, 2017

#BlackHistoryMonth for the GOP so far



No clue who Frederick Douglass is

Misspells W. E. B Du Bois pic.twitter.com/YKjSxQmVVr — Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 12, 2017

And of course, #DeptofEdTypos began rolling in shortly after the error.

#deptofedtypos Four Score and seven ears ago — Travis Holland (@trudieboo) February 12, 2017

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" -Muhammad Ale #DeptofEdTypos pic.twitter.com/xpnUA8Ew0f — not ya cousin Vinny (@vincenzo_s7) February 12, 2017

The Department of Education tweeted an apology hours after the original tweet — but even that had a spelling error.

Post updated - our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo. — US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017

Du Bois, not DeBois. Apologies, not apologizes.

Maybe use spell-check next time, @usedgov?