Resources For New York City Education (Public, Private, Charter & Parochial)

To ensure that a child growing up in the city gets a good education, parents really do have to turn themselves into educated consumers—to learn their options and learn how to best assess them. Here’s a list of resources to help you make the best choices for your child.

New York Family Resources

Weekly Scoop Newsletter: New York Family’s education coverage is a feast of local issues, trends, and tips to help parents help their children. Our free Weekly Scoop e-newsletter tips followers off to new content on our daily website. Sign up here.

Newyorkfamily.com: More on our website—it’s a one-stop destination for timely, informative education-related content. Updated daily, our blogs provide a range of practical tips to navigating NYC school systems to more general ideas about how to help your kids make the most of their learning.

The Blackboard Awards: The prestigious Blackboard Awards honor excellence in education throughout the city and in every educational sector, celebrating wonderful schools, principals, and teachers. By dint of their mission, the Awards are also a resource for parents as they seek out the best education for their children. Learn more at blackboardawards.com.

The Ultimate Guide To Education: We publish our annual Ultimate Guide to Education in the City in November, covering important education issues and trends, admissions advice at every level, and the role of the parent in a child’s education. Find current and past issues at www.newyorkfamily.com.

Info On NYC School Systems

For Nursery School and Pre-K
The Parents League Of New York
The Independent School Admission Association Of Greater New York (ISAAGNY)
The New York City Department Of Education (DOE)
Victoria Goldman’s The Manhattan Directory Of Private Nursery Schools

For Public School
Clara Hemphill’s various guides to NYC public schools
Class Size Matters
DOE
Gotham Schools
Insideschools
NYC Public School Parents

For Private School (Independent)
ISAAGNY
NYC Private Schools Blog
The NYC Private School Admissions Handbook
The Parents League Of New York
Victoria Goldman’s The Manhattan Family Guide To Private Schools And Selective Public Schools

For Charter School
DOE
New York City Charter School Center

For Parochial Schools
Archdiocese Of New York

Also note: For other faith-based schools in the New York City area, we recommend contacting local organizations affiliated with your religion. They should be able to direct you to schools of interest.

School Admissions Consultants
Education First
Private Education Advisory Service (PEAS)
The Rymac Group
School Choice International
School Search NYC
Smart City Kids

Tutors
Aristotle Circle
Big City Tutoring
Bright Kids NYC
Brownstone Tutors
Dolphin Academic Prep
EBL Coaching
Launch Math Achievement Centers
Kumon
Mathnasium
Next Level Learning

The Princeton Review

Williamsburg Northside School

<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">At Northside, our graduates will be comfortable being uncomfortable, for they&rsquo;ll recognize that resistance and friction are signals of growth, and they&rsquo;ll consistently seek out opportunities to expand the definition of who they are. They will be future-ready, able to thrive in challenging situations because they have the confidence and the wherewithal to embrace an ever-accelerating pace of change and adapt accordingly. They will be well on their way to becoming life-long learners that know what happens inside the classroom is a catalyst for the never-ending exploration of what lies beyond the school-house walls. And, most importantly, they&rsquo;ll be good, decent, and caring human beings that aren&rsquo;t afraid to show some emotion, that are quick to offer a helping hand, and that recognize that encountering differing opinions and perspectives only makes them stronger.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div>

Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School

<p><span style="font-size: 13px; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial'; font-style: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">日本語習得と日本文化の継承を基本に全日制、補習校、サマースクールと大きく三つのプログラムがあります: There are three main programs based on Japanese language acquisition and inheritance of Japanese culture: full-time, supplementary school, and summer school.</span></p>

The Long Island School For The Gifted

<p>A smart start of an educational journey.&nbsp;</p> <p>For over 40 years, The Long Island School For The Gifted has provided an accelerated experience for gifted children in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade, in a nurturing environment where they will be both intellectually challenged and comfortable socially. LISG helps gifted students develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed for life. Emotional, and social needs of the gifted child are addressed whilst building strong character as part of the commitment to developing the whole gifted child.</p> <p>The beauty of an independent gifted school like LISG is that students can learn and grow with others who are like them.&nbsp; We have found that LISG&rsquo;s whole-school approach to gifted education has benefitted our students both more broadly and more deeply than alternative approaches&mdash;like isolated &ldquo;enrichment&rdquo; activities, single accelerated classes, or simply placing exceptionally intelligent children with older students in higher-grade classes.&nbsp; With gifted peers, students learn in a cooperative environment that provides for their social and emotional development and in which giftedness is valued and nurtured by every teacher and staff member in the school.</p> <p>&nbsp;LISG has rolling admissions. Availability is limited based on the grade.&nbsp; Contact them today.</p>