[rmlew]

It is a "progressive" school. Virtually every wacky idea that comes out of Columbia Teacher's College is tested at Dalton. Of course the kids at Dalton all have tutors so the damage is limited.

There are far better private schools in NYC:
Trinity, Collegiate (I went there), Horace Mann, Spence, Chapin and Brearley are all academically superior.
Riverdale, Fieldston, Nightingale, are on par with Dalton, but are not as famous. (Fieldston/Ethical Culture is the country day school equivalent of Dalton)
1/3 to 1/2 of the Kids get into Ivy League Schools. In fact the top NYC schools are in the top 10 national ones.
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/urban/education/features/1510/
Here is a list of the private High Schools in NYC
http://www.scoreraiser.com/private_school_list.htm

http://www.questmag.com/schools.html

[cyberaxe]

.....send-em south.....

.....FUMA.....

[finnman69]

Of course the kids at Dalton all have tutors so the damage is limited.

I remember a lot of the kids had therapists also. Wealthy angst as well as the Mercedes's, limos, and other drivers picking up kids after school.

[Clemenza]

It is a "progressive" school. Virtually every wacky idea that comes out of Columbia Teacher's College is tested at Dalton. Of course the kids at Dalton all have tutors so the damage is limited.

Perhaps the greatest achievement of the otherwise lackluster Hugo Sonnenschein administration was the abolition of the School of Education at the U of C. It made Colombia Teacher's College look like Bob Jones University.