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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Westfield Principal once described his AP program has teaching you what to think while the South Lakes Principal described IB as teaching you how to think. This was at a PTA event at our elementary school about 5 years ago.[/quote]

Sounds ridiculously simplistic, whether that’s on your part or the part of the principals.  Do better. [/quote]

Yeah - you can take it up with the Principals then b/c that is literally what they said to us.

Personally, don't think it is much more complicated than that. AP is teaching for a test - they need to cover specific curriculum to get you through that test. IB is much more theorhetical -- as PPs have said, lots of writing and analysis. There are still tests, and still a curriculum to follow with international standards of learning. But the assignments and what they are trying to accomplish are different than an AP where the focus seems to be taking the test and testing out of certain college curriculum by showing the mastery of the subject based on the AP exam.

Would you like me to expand more? My DS is at SLHS and is taking a full IB curriculum, just finished junior year, so happy to speak to that if you'd like me to "do better."[/quote]

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