»New for 2008-2009 New Jersey Schools To Watch® Application

2 New Jersey PAEMST State Finalists are National Winners

The 2007-08 Schools to Watch® Award Recipients

Four New Jersey High School Teachers Are Presidential Award Finalists -- Details

Wall Principal, Camden Music Teacher Honored with $25,000 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards -- Details

John Kline, Norwood Social Studies Teacher, is 2007 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year

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

	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.

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.