Star Schools Program

{{short description|United States government program}}

The Star Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. Established as part of the United States Department of Education in 1988,{{cite news |title=Recipients of Star Schools Grants Seeking New Funding To Continue - Education Week |url=https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1989/11/29/09170042.h09.html |website=Education Week |date=29 November 1989|last1=West |first1=Peter }} the purpose of this program is to:

• Encourage improved instruction in mathematics, science, foreign languages, and other subjects.
• Serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, non-reading, and limited English proficient populations and individuals with disabilities. Star Schools grants are made to eligible telecommunications partnerships, to enable such partnerships to:
• develop, construct, acquire, maintain, and operate telecommunications audio and visual facilities and equipment;
• develop and acquire educational and instructional programming; and
• obtain technical assistance for the use of such facilities and instructional programming.