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[quote=Anonymous]People need to really understand what IB is in order for this conversation to work.  It is not necessarily that IB is more expensive than a traditional school, it's that it requires more cross collaboration and a thoughtful approach to teaching across subjects.  It's an interdisciplinary and global based approach to learning.  The Diploma program culminates in an exam and paper that is meant to test that students have acquired a level of discipline, research, and critical thinking to make them global citizens.

The reason this works well in other countries is because they don't have every state, county, and school trying to make up their own curriculum from K-12.  Also, they are typically done with basic education by 16, so those students pursing the Diploma program are choosing it in order to do advance study/learning/work.

This is why schools in the US schools try to make it a magnet program because they expect those kids will succeed in the Diploma part.  However, that also makes it inequitable which is not something that the IBO actual promotes.  So, leaving it as a choice for students to pursue the Diploma Program as intended in 11/12th grade(i.e local option) solves that problem.  But, it still leaves the challenge that schools didn't provide the necessary pre-program rigor/teaching/learning that would support students being successful in the Diploma program.

The fix isn't making specific "pre-IB" class for certain students.  It's for schools that have IB World designation to make sure that their full curriculum has the rigor and resources necessary to challenge all students and grade and support them appropriately, so they are prepared to make a choice on whether they want to pursue the IB Diploma program.[/quote]

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