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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh come on, you want to move to the burbs. Just remember though, [b]your kid will have to apply and be accepted to the IB program at WL.[/b] They, like every other "IB school" only provide the program to a small, select group of high-achieving students. DCI provides it to ALL students. [/quote]

In fact, the IBD program at Washington-Liberty isn't an application program like those in MoCo, at Richard Montgomery (which admits around 10% of applicants countywide) and Bethesda Chevy Chase.

At Washington-Liberty is that there are just 2 manageable prerequisites for in-boundary 8th graders. The student needs to have taken algebra I by 8th grade and earned at least a B+ in the course. The kid also needs at least a B+ average overall in 8th grade to qualify to take pre-IB courses in 9th grade.  That's it, those are the requirements. Two years later, in 10th grade, the student needs to have earned at least a B+ average in pre-IB courses to qualify to take IB Diploma courses in 11th and 12th grade.

We don't like IB for All at DCI. We don't think that students who can't swing a B+ average belong in IB Diploma courses.

Give us a break, DC 8th graders can't even apply to Walls without a GPA higher than 3.8![/quote]

Ummmmmm.....that is selectivity in action. WL weeds out those who don't meet its standards for entry to an IB program. If you don't like IB for All and your sole goal is to decide which kids "belong" or not, then you are not a DCI family. You belong elsewhere where segregating kids is acceptable. Buh-bye, elitist troll. Hope your kids turn out differently than you. [/quote]

DP, but IB is an advanced curriculum with an advanced workload for accelerated learning, like the AP program. It is not designed to be open to all, and is designed at the international level to have standards for entry. IB for all makes as much sense as AP for all. It's just not the way the curriculum is structured and is not possible to implement without serious modifications from the international standards.[/quote]

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