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You have made your point many times over. What are you trying to do - shame OP into pupil-placing in AP school because IB is SOOO BAAADDD for society?[/quote]

Touch a nerve?

The point is that if we put AP in the IB schools, FCPS would save over 1.5 Million dollars.  That is a start.  It is not insignificant.

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But newsflash!  Not everyone wants to do AP.   Many people don't like a program that focuses so much on passing multiple choice tests and prefer and approach that involves critical thinking and writing.

If we got rid of AAP centers we could save even more money and taxpayers wouldn't be paying to give a bunch of above average kids a special education.  [/quote]

I've had kids in both AP and IB classes, and I'd say this is a false dichotomy.  The IB classes covered less material, but there was more classroom discussion and writing.  AP classes in the humanities required critical thinking and writing, but they covered more material at a faster pace, and there were more tests to confirm students were keeping up.

[b]Overall, I felt both had their benefits, but that IB is more aligned with the approach associated with European universities and that AP is better preparation for American universities, or at least the types of classes that students tend to take during their first and second years.[/b]  I think it would be easier to transition from the AP approach to the IB approach than vice versa.    [/quote]

Thanks for one of the few balanced and noncombative posts on this thread!

Regarding the bold material -- This depends on the individual student. I know two families that each pupil placed two students in IB high schools (all four kids were assigned originally to AP high schools in FCPS). Three of those students are now in U.S. colleges (senior, junior and sophomore) and one graduated two years ago. All four did the full IB diploma, and all have said that they felt IB prepared them very well for the demands of college-level work, especially participating in seminars and doing lengthy research and writing without being daunted. I also know a couple of kids who did a ton of high school AP and were well prepared for college too. Really, around here, a kid can do either and gain a lot from it if he or she puts enough into it.[/quote]

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