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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.

B[b]ut 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.[/b] 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]

I was involved in the discussions with DCPS to add IB to Eastern 15 years ago.  However, I didn't agree to send my children there if the Baccalaureate program was added.

I agreed to send my children there if the IB Diploma program that was created was test-in and high-performing.  It certainly hasn't been.[/quote]

Look Wilson pyramid didn't happen overnight

There has been really great progress made with Stuart Hobson and Jefferson and the tracking they have there.

If all those kids went to Eastern combined there would be a challenging cohort for honors and IB at the high school level

Now, DCPS is shooting themselves in the foot with the test in high schools.  All the motivated kids are going there instead (i don't blame them) [/quote]

I agree. Starting two early college high schools last year was a really stupid idea. Why 2? I think by doing that, DCPS has severely handicapped schools like Eastern.[/quote]

The bet - probably correctly - that families like yours would never buy into an Eastern. So they are giving people what they want now, not in some imagined future. Some of us have 7th-12th graders and need options today.[/quote]

No way am I sending my kids to either Bard or Coolidge early college. Are you? Only anecdotal evidence so far but I am not hearing good things about either school [/quote]

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