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

Author: Clara Hemphill
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 357712

Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.2 x 0.7

ISBN: 0807749109
Dewey Decimal Number: 373.7471
EAN: 9780807749104
ASIN: 0807749109

Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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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. 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, parents, and students to uncover the inside scoop on schools including atmosphere, homework, student stress, competition among students, the quality of teachers, gender issues, the condition of the building, and more.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Valuable Resource October 9, 2008
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.

3 out of 5 stars

Great book but needs a little more update October 6, 2008
If you brought one already, don't buy the following year, I noticed majority of it was just reprinted. They really need to go back and review the schools because some phone number and information of the school has changed.

5 out of 5 stars

She Knows How to Evaluate Schools September 5, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

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.