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[quote=Anonymous]There are many pros and cons of an IB education - which are detailed on the internet, and I will not touch on it here.

The point I was making is that if IB is being offered in your regular high school, and your regular high school is as highly rated as B-CC - I fail to see why one would choose RM IB.  You will have more flexibility in which courses to take in B-CC than in RM IB.  All schools where IB is offered follow the same curriculum for their courses.

Please rest assured that I have no objection to a tough curriculum which is what an IB (magnet or otherwise) school would offer. However I assumed (because I am figuring out such things quite late in the game) - that since it is a magnet school, there will be these exceptional teachers who will be teaching the material in a manner that will transform the children into being original thinkers.

What I found is that there are many less than mediocre teachers - especially in Math and Science - who are too busy trying to meet all the MCPS and IB criteria without concentrating on teaching.  Most of these IB magnet students are pretty much covering these courses by themselves. It is not a new way of teaching - it is just a huge amount of course work, without adequate instruction and harsh grading that these teachers are throwing at the students.   This dearth of good Math and Science teachers is endemic to MCPS school - perhaps even the whole of US.  That is a problem.

The magnet students are doing well in most cases in spite of being in this program, because of self study, parental help, tutors etc - but I would ask why would I subject my child to 4 years of this nonsense when they can go to B-CC or other highly ranked school.  The agenda of a magnet school and the agenda of your student may not be the same.

This is my opinion and is based on my experience. In the end all parents make the choice that they think is best for their child.[/quote]

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