New
Jersey Department of Education
Office of Academic and Professional Standards
100 Riverview Plaza, P.O. Box 500
Trenton,
NJ 08625-0500
Tel. (609) 984-5322, FAX: (609) 292-7276 |
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Students must be nominated for the Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. Therefore, application materials are sent directly to school guidance offices in March. So if your son or daughter is nominated, the guidance office will make the application materials available to him or her. |
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The recognition programs are undergoing a revision. Therefore, the Best Practices and Star Schools programs are no longer being continued. Please take a look at a new program, Schools to Watch, under the school recognition link. |
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The
New Jersey Department of Education is committed to
recognizing, rewarding and celebrating the excellence
achieved by
New Jersey’s schools, educators and students.
One way to encourage districts and educators to consider
diverse and multiple paths to student achievement is
to publicly honor and commend highly successful performance.
The New Jersey Department of Education has many programs
that recognize and support innovation in education. |