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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not just that IB teaches “writing,” they also teach students to do independent research and synthesize their findings to support an argument. AP teaches writing, critical thinking, and assessment of sources, but on a much smaller scale, with a highly circumscribed application of the skills. The long-term IA projects and Extended Essay in the IB program are much closer to what they’ll be doing in college. And they write an IA paper in every class, including math and science courses, which is pretty rare in high school.

I agree with the PP’s assessment that the curriculum is less linear and more thematic than traditional approaches. But I’d only call it “woke” (whatever that means these days, anyway) in the sense that it attempts to step away from a Eurocentric viewpoint, and encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning.

Which makes sense, since the diploma program is taught in dozens of countries around the world, not all of them in the US or Europe. That’s the entire point of it—to develop a global perspective.[/quote]

This is very well said. Prior to my child starting IB (12th grader), I would have said you can find a good path with AP or IB. I would now encourage people to try IB for the reasons mentioned above. The experience has been fantastic and not a ton of extra work.

The program really tries to teach the students how to complete the longer assignments by assigning interim deadlines to assist with pacing. If a student chooses to procrastinate, they will be miserable. Many students also take AP classes and/or AP exams corresponding to their IB classes.[/quote]

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