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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]06:54 - I'm familiar with two IB schools and see no evidence that supports your assertion that the program "sucks oxygen away from other students".   I've never heard this concern from the school administrators or non-IB parents.

Can you provide some further support this claim?

Do you have any data or source that shows what colleges IB Diploma students apply/accept/attend?  My understanding from seeing three classes of IB Diploma candidates matriculate is that these students do very well - at UVA, W&M, HYPS, SLACs and the military academies.  My sense from working with these kids and their parents is that they are very keen on the program and very pleased with the outcomes.

Your ongoing diatribe against IB is irrational without specific information.  You could just say that "I just hate IB" and we'll discount everything you say as immoderate opinion (which is fine although worthless in progressing the understanding of other DCUM participants) unless you start participating and providing real information and/or interesting perspective - your choice.[/quote]

I am neither poster from above.  However, it does not take much to see that in the poorer IB schools that IB could suck out oxygen.  For one thing, and I do not have the data -and I suspect it would be quite difficult to get it--common sense tells me that because the IB program has requirements that are non-negotiable, that many of the IB offerings must necessarily be overstaffed. In other words, it would appear that many of the IB classes are quite small.  This means that the gen ed classes are necessarily overenrolled and that the offerings in gen ed may be more limited.  Staffing is done by school enrollment--and that could unbalance the offerings between IB and gen ed.  [/quote]
I have kids at a lower performing IB school ( but not the lowest 2 or 3). I was actually hoping that what you write would be partially true, that the class size would winnow down to small personal learning environments.  Not the case. I'm sure plenty of kids won't wind up with the diploma, but those classes are full. I was surprised at the number in physics and chemistry and SL math ( which starts calculus junior year and is somewhat integrated by design with physics.)[/quote]

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