New York City's Best Public Middle Schools: A Parents' Guide

by Clara Hemphill

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. Providing everything parents need to know in choosing a middle school that is just right for their child, New York City's Best Public Middle Schools: A Parents' Guide features interviews with teachers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807749109
• ISBN13: 9780807749104
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 9.0"

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Valuable Resource

In this time and age when selecting a middle school can be very complicated this book is a godsend. Ms. Hemphill is very knowledgeable and is quite on point with her views and reviews. Totally trust her advice.

She Knows How to Evaluate Schools

You simply don't have time to go around to all the schools your kid might be planning to attend. And if you did, it isn't ckear that you'd know just what questions to ask. Clara Hemphill does know. As the director of Insideschools.org she has spent years analyzing the public school system in NYC. She looks at the schools academically (of course) but also in other aspects such as friendliness, willingness of the teaching staff to work with the kids individually, social development and many more. Note the title, this book discusses the BEST schools. And New York's best are very good indeed. These are not the warehouses where the kids are just putting in time. These are the places you would want your kid to go.