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[quote=Anonymous]I am a teacher and taught in an international IB school. I have training and certification in PYP. I taught 5th grade and did Exhibition.

In my opinion, I think the curriculum is a bit fluffy. Fifth grade Exhibition (if done right) is awesome. However, I have visited many schools where it was not done correctly and appeared to be a waste of time.

My last two years that I taught PYP, I had the highest math scores out of eight fifth grade classes. That is because I went back to the "old school" model of math instruction. I noticed that the students that I got from the teachers that were most "PYP" tended to lag behing those who had teachers that used more "traditional" methods.

I wouldn't put my child in a PYP school for many reasons. Most teachers are not even trained in PYP from the IBO. They get turn around training from another staff member. One complaint that our lower school got from the MS staff is that our students were very weak in science. That was due to our units of inquiry.

A poster above mentioned an urban school adopting the curriculum. GHaving taught in a low income, urban school before I can tell you that it would be a disaster. PYP builds on prior knowldege and inquiry. Students have to be intrinsically motivated.

Just my opinon. 
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