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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I interviewed one of Eastern's several best students for my Ivy over the winter as alumna volunteer.  She told me that she was one half a dozen in the first group trying to earn the IB Diploma this year, taking the Theory of Knowledge Class, doing the Community Action Service volunteer work, writing her Extended Essay and preparing to take their remaining IB exams (juniors can take up to 2 of the 6;the exams are given in June and graded in Geneva, with results out in August).  The girl struck me as a surprisingly strong student despite the many challenges she faces as a low-income kid who failed to test into Banneker or Walls.

This is interesting- my interviewee mentioned that she'd never had a white or Asian classmate, all the way from PreK3 in a Ward 8 ES, to Eliot-Hine, to Eastern.   She wasn't admitted to my Ivy, but did get into a couple of other elite colleges on a lot of financial aid.  Good for her.

[b]My impression of Eastern's IB Program is that it's going to limp along for years to come without a solid Ward 6 MS bridge feeding in many strong students, particularly those with impressive foreign language backgrounds.[/b]  The odd kid will do well, but I'd be surprised if Eastern's IB pass rate will be over one-third for a decade or more (Bannker supports a pass rate of around two-thirds, with three dozen IB students, while there are numerous suburban progams in this Metro area with pass rates of 80% plus).

It's not "limping along" now, so why would it be limping along in the future?

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