New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parent's Guide
by Clara Hemphill, Deborah Apsel, Catherine Man, Pamela Wheaton
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Author: Catherine Man, Clara Hemphill, Deborah Apsel, Pamela WheatonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-30
ISBN: 0807746134
Number of pages: 306
Publisher: Teacher College Press
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Book Review: this book has helped me to make up my mind to move back to NY
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has helped me to make up my mind to move back to NY--helped me understand the byzantine system, and highlights specific schools that I would never have heard or read about otherwise.
Hemphill is an argument for how one must look at specific schools under particular leadership in a finite time period, instead of generalizing. And instead of unproductive nostalgizing, "schools were better in earlier days..." Really, some schools can go downhill, but others have gone uphil, and there is a need to constantly reassess.
My only gripe is that the author didn't (couldn't?) review all schools, or more schools. If a school isn't mentioned, then is it totally hopeless? Or were there page number constraints?
There is no other book like this. Every city should have a Hemphill book.
Summary of New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parent's Guide
For this third edition, Clara and her staff visited nearly 500 of New York City's elementary schools and chose 200 of the best schools to recommend. This essential guide uncovers the "inside scoop" on schools (the condition of the building, homework, teacher quality, etc.), includes a checklist of questions to ask on a school tour, and incorporates new listings of charter schools and "magnet" programs.General Books
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