Product Description: A completely revised new edition of Clara Hemphill's New York City's Best Public Middle Schools. Reflecting recent changes brought about by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's reorganization of New York City's public school system, this Third Edition features all new reviews of 74 of the city's best public middle schools...read more

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Product Description: If you lived anywhere else in the country, you would probably send your child to your neighborhood high school. In New York City, it s much more complicated than that.But what parent has time to research hundreds of school options? To help you choose a high school that is just right for your child, Clara Hemphill and her colleagues at Insideschools visited nearly all of the city s 400 high schools...read more

New York City has some of the best and worst public schools in America and as well as the nation's largest system of choice. As a result, New York City parents are often forced to shop for elementary schools the way parents elsewhere shop for colleges. Clara Hemphill has written a guide that provides parents with everything they need to find a good school in their neighborhood or to apply to the dozens of alternative schools that accept children from outside their immediate neighborhoods. Interviews with teachers and parents uncover the "inside scoop" on schools, including atmosphere, homework, student stress, competition among students, the quality of teachers, the condition of the building, and more. It also provides the hard facts on: Class size and total school enrollment; Test scores for reading and math; Ethnic make up: Black, White, Hispanic, Asian; Admissions requirements: none? tests? interview? Teaching methods and styles: progressive, traditional; When to apply; How to decide which schools to try for

Describes and rates over one hundred of the city's best public elementary schools according to test scores, school performance, grade levels offered, class size, admission requirements, and teaching methods