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15:36 I agree with you. We should keep IB, but just lesson the number of high schools offering it. And then help make it a more desirable program in those smaller number of schools. 
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Why should we keep it?

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High SES kids don't need IB b/c their parents can "buy" their way to college (i.e., test prep, tutors,..etc.). Their future is theirs to lose.  Lower SES kids who do not and can't afford same luxury have to work extra hard to create the same opportunity as the high SES kids. It is uneven playing field. For those kids, IB gives that extra push, that extra help they need. It may not reach every single kid but if it helps even small fraction of these kids, I'd say it's well worth it. Yes, I know you pay tax. I pay tax too. But if we stop educating our kids because they don't meet your definition of "acceptable", what would our future be?  [/quote]

What you've said might be on point if we were talking about an IB charter that required lower SES kids to pursue an IB diploma and then gave them the tools and support to achieve that goal.

But that hasn't been the IB model in FCPS.  FCPS put IB in mostly lower SES schools in lieu of AP to try and stem white flight and attract students from neighboring schools.  It hasn't really worked, as there aren't many IB diploma candidates at most of the schools, but most of them are higher SES.  It's not clear what the lower SES kids get out of it, other than the privilege of attending the same school as the IB students.  You'd tend to think they'd get more out of AP, since it's more flexible, there are lesser writing requirements for some AP classes, and AP credits are more widely accepted by colleges and universities. [/quote]

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