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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what Eastern’s IB results look like? Is it a strong program?[/quote]

No way.  Eastern's average IB Diploma pass points totals are the IB equivalent of a D.  Most of their "full" IB Diploma candidates fail even to pass with the lowest acceptable points total (24 points on a scale of 24-45 points).  IB subject exams are graded in Geneva, so no fudging results.[/quote]

This is depressing. Why even offer IB then? Stick to AP classes. DCPS tries to offer too many options and then cannot manage them well.
I still don’t understand why Deal is IB and I have multiple kids there [/quote]

I don't get it either.  Why bother with IB in a situation where only one or two dozen students can handle the curriculum minimally?  IB obviously only works well as a GT test-in program, or in a private school setting.[/quote]

I am all for keeping IB at Eastern and providing that challenge and thorough education for those who want it.

But remember that DCPS brought IB to Easter in response to in-bound families’ request for a rigorous option. The high SES neighborhood didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. They should have been more honest: we will enroll if you allow our children to be walked off from the rest of the school and be given a special curriculum and classes. [/quote]

it's chicken and egg, but I don't know anyone who is comfortable being such a minority basically an only in an entire school[/quote]

DCPS can only offer the egg. The chickens have to enroll, as they said they would. Someone has to be first. But if you choose not to, I think you lose the right to complain about the lack of diversity.

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I don’t think it is quite so simple. Doesn’t IB start in junior year or at least that is when the majority of your classes are IB? What happens in 9th and 10th grade? Kids are just taking regular classes which are at a pretty low level. Also, are the IB teachers good? The results are obviously terrible. Dunbar, Coolidge, etc claim to offer AP classes but often the teachers only end up covering one-third of the AP curriculum. You can maybe call them AP-lite classes. I don’t know enough about the exact situation at Eastern but knowing how DCPS operates, I definitely worry.[/quote]

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