Before publishing Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt, who died this past summer, spent 27 years in the city’s often beleaguered—and beleaguering—public schools. “I taught what they call ...

Frank Mccourt High School is ranked #2,576 in the National Rankings. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college.

By Frank McCourt Scribner, 367 pages, $26 During his first year as a high school teacher, Frank McCourt astonished his students by showing up for work on St. Patrick’s Day.

NEW YORK — Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe ...