New York City's Best Public High Schools

A Parents' Guide, Third Edition

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Parent Participation
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Author: Clara Hemphill ISBN: 9780807774472
Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Clara Hemphill
ISBN: 9780807774472
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

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. This essential revision of the critically acclaimed parents’ guide features new school profiles; invaluable advice to help parents and students through the stressful admissions process; and new sections on alternative schools, vocational schools, and schools for students learning English. Featuring interviews with teachers, parents, and students, this guide uncovers the “inside scoop” about school atmosphere, homework, student stress, competition among students, the quality of teachers, gender issues, the condition of the building, class size, and much more.

“For [this] third edition I looked for schools that spark students’ curiosity, broaden their horizons, and help them develop into thoughtful, caring adults.”
—Clara Hemphill

Praise for Clara Hemphill’s Parents’ Guides!
New York Daily News...
 “Brisk, thoughtful profiles of topnotch, intriguing schools.”
**Big Apple Parent... **“Hemphill has done for schools what Zagat’s did for restaurants.” 
**New York Magazine... **“Thoughtful, well-researched…required reading.” 
The New York Times... “A bible for urban parents.”

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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. This essential revision of the critically acclaimed parents’ guide features new school profiles; invaluable advice to help parents and students through the stressful admissions process; and new sections on alternative schools, vocational schools, and schools for students learning English. Featuring interviews with teachers, parents, and students, this guide uncovers the “inside scoop” about school atmosphere, homework, student stress, competition among students, the quality of teachers, gender issues, the condition of the building, class size, and much more.

“For [this] third edition I looked for schools that spark students’ curiosity, broaden their horizons, and help them develop into thoughtful, caring adults.”
—Clara Hemphill

Praise for Clara Hemphill’s Parents’ Guides!
New York Daily News...
 “Brisk, thoughtful profiles of topnotch, intriguing schools.”
**Big Apple Parent... **“Hemphill has done for schools what Zagat’s did for restaurants.” 
**New York Magazine... **“Thoughtful, well-researched…required reading.” 
The New York Times... “A bible for urban parents.”

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