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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would love to get rid of IB programs and offer more AP and dual enrollment classes. Robinson parent. [/quote]

Marshall parent here. What's wrong with giving students as many options as possible? If taught correctly, IB courses prepare students for college just as well as DE and AP classes. [/quote]
It’s not about preparing for college, it’s about attaining college credits. IB credits aren’t as universally accepted. [/quote]

That’s actually incorrect. IB credits are taken at most schools. 20 years ago not consistently the case. But in 2025, schools honor them as much as AP.  This is perpetual myth being spread around the community. [/quote]

IB HL credits are accepted, SL not so much. And schools don’t tell parents that. The HL classes are harder to get enough students for. The HL Science classes are less mathematically rigorous then AP class, for example Physics HL is an Algebra based class while there is a Physic-C option for calculus based AP classes. Also, IB tests are supposed to be taken senior year only. So that kid who has taken IB Bio IB Chem IB foreign language IB Math IB English IB History IB Government is going to have a miserable senior year. [/quote]

I teach at an IB school and will break this down into simple terms.  HL classes are hard and this is why colleges are likely to award credit.  They are more like college courses.  SL classes are more like general level courses in HS, which is why colleges are NOT likely to award credit. They are not college level.  You are not told this.  If the kids went to other schools, they would have more options with AP.

My own kids attend an AP school.  [/quote]

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