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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not buying above. I used to teach BCC International Baccalaureate humanities classes (not technically a magnet program) and have done volunteer work at Walls. From what I've observed, IBD BCC is head and shoulders above Walls academically. For example, Walls doesn't teach languages past the AP level while BCC does in half a dozen languages and BCC's IBD writing classes offer maybe triple the rigor of those at Walls. DMV teens can become independent without DCPS chaos and the obsession with equity vs. achievement.[/quote]

This makes no sense to me. I believe you are wrong. I teach at a different MCPS HS and we don’t have any language classes above AP Spanish Lit and AP French. And Walls offers AP English Language and AP English Lit. No way are the IB English classes 3x more advanced. I’m sorry but BCC ain’t Sidwell. And Walls does not have the hallway fights and gang issues that create some chaos at BCC and some other MCPS high schools. How about that infamous BCC vs. WJ football game last year?[/quote]

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