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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like the IB program. I don’t think the lower SEC schools have the best teachers. So the delivery of the program was inadequate. Students didn’t have math texts (or working links to access on line), some language teachers were incompetent, and they didn’t read enough books in English. The IB program can be excellent,  but investigate the teachers at the HS where you will attend. [/quote]

How long ago was your kid in IB?

Are you referring to a high school in the DC-MD-VA region or are you posting from elsewhere? (For all I know the OP is posting from outside this area as well, I'm just thinking that if OP is local to the DC region, he or she might want to know which school you mean.)

What do you mean by "they didn't read enough books in English"? Was this a high school where the primary language was not English, or were you outside the US--?

Just clarifying. I agree with you that teachers make all the difference but also I'm not sure how one investigates  individual teachers. You can ask around but people's biases really get in the way, and there's no way to know if their kid had a bad experience due to the teacher's poor teaching or due to some other factor. My DC had one teacher whom some parents and kids we knew said they hated, and DC really liked her and her teaching style. I guess one can ask about objective things like how much IB official training a teacher has had, how long they've taught that subject as an IB subject, etc., but beyond that things can get very subjective very quickly.[/quote]

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