The Eligibility Requirement
Only individuals who are presently committed to the cause of education are eligible. Institutions, boards, organizations and other groups are not. The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize will be awarded without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex or national origin. Employees, retirees or relatives of employees or retirees of The McGraw-Hill Companies are not eligible. Neither are the Board of Judges, nor their relatives. Individuals may be nominated in the areas of teaching, administration, policy planning, business, government, publishing and adult education.

Nomination Procedures
The Board of Judges consider nominations received directly, if they meet eligibility requirements and include references of support from the education community.

The Judging Criteria
The following criteria will be used in selecting the recipients of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. Prize winners must have displayed a sense of innovation in attempting to creatively change, improve, enhance or further a specific area of education. Individuals may be nominated for lifetime achievement. Winners from teaching, administration or policy planning must have instituted or enhanced curricula, developed exceptional programs or improved policy. Winners from the business sector must display a sense of commitment beyond financial contributions and must have taken a significant leadership role in furthering a specific aspect of education.