Public Middle Schools: New York City's Best [Paperback]

Clara Hemphill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

The best public middle schools in new york city, selected from over 500.

Here is essential information about the best public middle schools in the five boroughs. The schools are described in anecdotal information and simple facts: school performance, test scores, grade levels (which include high school), class size, ethnic makeup, enrollment, admissions requirements, teaching philosophies, when to apply, and how to choose. From among the approximately 500 schools and programs, author Clara Hemphill has identified the very best, some 15 percent. Public Middle Schools is vital in helping parents find the right educational setting for their children.

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About the Author

Clara Hemphill is Senior Research Fellow at the Public Education Association and author of The Parents' Guide to New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools. She was formerly a journalist with The Associated Press, CBS News, and Newsday.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Soho Press (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569471703
• ISBN-13: 978-1569471708
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,202,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to New York's middle schools!, October 1, 2000

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Sally Q. Mason (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Middle Schools: New York City's Best (Paperback)

Clara Hemphill's well-informed guide to NYC's best public middle schools is wise and funny and reassuring to parents like myself who, as 6th grade looms, find ourselves just barely over the trauma of securing a suitable public elementary school for our children. Clara explores the many and varied middle school programs available throughout the city's public school districts, noting the safety, academic quality, admissions criterion, and idiosyncratic charm of each. A firm supporter of public education, she even includes information on how parents can work to found a new school when the one in their neighborhood is found lacking. Clara's invaluable guide celebrates the uniquely rich cultural diversity of the city's best public middle schools. With the help of her book, the challenge of finding the right school for your child can be not only less daunting, but an affirmation of why you chose to raise children in NYC in the first place.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful advice on HOW to choose a middle school, June 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Public Middle Schools: New York City's Best (Paperback)

Hemphill's book on public middle schools does not cover every good school in New York City, but it provides the best available compendium of what's out there and what makes individual schools distinctive. Reading it is a lot like having a long conversation with the most knowledgeable and fair-minded parent you know. When you're done, you understand what the choices really are, what big issues are challenging NYC middle schools today, and how to spot the hype that so often surrounds the most popular schools. She talked to hundreds of parents whose children actually attend schools of all sizes and all educational philosophies in all kinds of neighborhoods. Their voices ring through.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Left out, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Public Middle Schools: New York City's Best (Paperback)

This book is entirely subjective. As an educator in N.Y.C for many years, there are excellent outstanding schools that are totally missing from the author's accounts and terrible schools that she rates highly. It is totally unreliable for parents.