The Benefits of a Nursery Through 8th Grade Education Parents in
New York City are fortunate to have many wonderful schools to
consider during the application process. When children are
young, parents have the role of deciding which school
complements their values, meets the needs of their child, and
provides a setting that matches their own views of education and
learning. By the eighth grade, children have grown to understand
themselves both as students and as learners in terms of their
learning style and temperament, so they are able to help make
their own assessments. The size of the school, and its
educational approach; whether it is single sex or co-ed, public
or private; and the quality of its teacher-student relationships
can all be important factors for adolescents when thinking about
the school they want for their high school years. With a sense
of who they are both as students and individuals, the eighth
graders at Bank Street are able to take responsibility for their
education, and part of that ac