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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A pp asked how come I hated the IB program. Yes I can see how IB really can be a challenging program for well off kids that have a lot of parental investment.  That is why it works in places like Montgomery country and Washington International School.   But it presumes a basis of skill and content knowledge that teachers can work with and expand.  I was at a title one school and kids were lost, the teachers overwhelmed and the school under-resourced.  The problem is that a lot of these kids are missing so many of the basics that the rigor that IB is supposed to bring is nearly impossible to implement with out more school hours in a day and a lot of  money.   Those same conditions would frame any school that they chose in ward 5.  Just saying IB does not make a program rigorous.  There is a lot more that needs to go into the mix and IB is really hard if not impossible to implement in the Ward 5 environment. [/quote]

13:12 here. Thank you for fleshing out my point. Success in IB does require a lot of precursor skills as well as parental involvement and support along the way. And yes, I realize the MYP and PYP are not externally and internationally evaluated as my final exams were in HS, so who knows how watered down the program on the ground in ward 5 might become...  But it's unfair to ask parents to support such a plan for middle schools when, as evidenced by Elementary scores, such a program in its ideal could never be implemented successfully. I want to have optimism, but frankly, DCPS is failing children in Ward 5 on any number of levels, only one of which is not having a middle school. [/quote]

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