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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This 20 pages of fuss is about 1111 average SAT scores?  Honestly, I think I got an 1100 back in the day -- I got into a good college and have done just fine. If your student puts in the work at Banneker I'm sure they'll score very well.

Also huge overreaction to students not finishing the full IB Diploma. [b]Achieving that is a Navy Seal worthy accomplishment.[/b] My high school also had the IB diploma and in most cases the IB kids who did not pursue the full diploma were the smarter ones. They had other things to do with their time like music, student government, sports, etc. They also had a healthier social life, which is important.

I hope no one uses this thread to inform their choice about Banneker. Always best thing is to talk students, families, and teachers, and get a real feel for the school.    
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Total BS. You must not have earned an IB Diploma.  I did, at one of the first 100 public high schools in the country offering IB, in the 1980s.  My HS was in a working-class community, yet most of us who earned the Diploma went on to top colleges on a lot of financial aid, or to military academies.

It's just not very difficult for a teen to scrape by on IB Diploma, earning a pass in the mid 20s.  Earning a pass points total in the high 30s or low 40s, that's another story.  If the US is going to compete with Asia economically in the coming century, we need to up our game in K-12 education, period.  IBD studies can help.  Banneker/DCPS shouldn't be let off the hook for its crappy standardized test scores and weak IBD results.[/quote]

I received the IB diploma in the mid-90s. It was a lot of work!!! I did get 6s in 5 subjects and one 7. I had the second language. My school was probably split 70/30 with students who did the diploma and those who didn't (this was in Europe where majority have a second language). That said we all took the same classes. There were no non-IB courses offered. I honestly think the main differentiator with whether you went for the diploma or not was the language. So again, do the majority of banneker kids have the second language?[/quote]

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