2024 the best public schools in the us review

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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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Teachers College Press; 3rd edition (September 5, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807749109
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807749104
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.36 x 0.67 x 8.98 inches
Reviewer: Miyakorsw
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book but needs a little more update
Review: 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.

Reviewer: Smart City Kids
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Smart City Kids NYC Educational Advisory Services
Review: Smart City Kids NYC Educational Advisory service has served the New York City area exclusively longer than any other Advisory Company in NYC. We are The company that schools, non-profit organizations, corporations, and agencies that serve children and families go to in order to get in depth advice on Nursery -12th Grade admissions. Our educational advisors are former Admissions Directors, Nursery School Directors, Placement Directors and Clara Hemphill has served on a few workshops with our company for several years. Her guide is the first and currently the only available book resource that gives insights, opinions and ratings on New York City Public Schools. We highly recommend this very useful tool as a first step to understanding the very complicated world of Public School Admissions.

Reviewer: El Nino
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Extremely out of date
Review: This book is extremely out of date as it was published in 2008. Some school reviews have not been updated for years. If you want a peek, get it from the library or borrow from a parent who has already gone through the middle school process in a previous year. You can also get most of the info on the insideschools.org, and even more updated info from the DOE statistics, greatschools.com and [...]. Buying this book is a waste of money.

Reviewer: Paige Turner
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Resource, But Not Enough By Itself
Review: This is a good resource to add information to help you navigate the labyrinth of the NYC public school Middle School process. It seems as if the career bureaucrats at the DOE purposely make the process as confusing and annoying as possible. As far as getting through that system, this book offers little of value. Instead, it offers good details on the various schools which will complement what you find online. Some of the detail in this book is what I would call "scuttlebutt" but it is valuable information nonetheless.The organization of the book is fairly logical- by borough and by school. Some of the discussion on Middle Schools in general is quite valuable. The price is high, but to be expected for a book of this type with a very narrow readership. The bulk of school research is best done on the web, but this book fills in a lot of holes in that research. Well worth the price.

Reviewer: Kari
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Necessary Title
Review: Well, I wish the book was more cheerful, but what it lacks in cheer, it makes up for in good advice and hope. We ended up going with a private school after all that, but it let me know that there are some good options out there for the brilliant and the lucky.

Reviewer: Gabrielle Dennis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Great help in researching middle schools for my kid.

Reviewer: John Matlock
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: She Knows How to Evaluate Schools
Review: 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.