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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. So it sounds like I am less dense than I thought. The possibilities are being unveiled to each school community they may impact, one at a time, right, boundary study committee member?

Also since you guys are obviously reading this thread...I'm wondering how I can advocate for the boundary study committee to take a look at my school (an International Baccalaureate  elementary) and potentially offer an IB middle option, ideally at our very good feeder middle. I like the elementary (Thomson). I like the middle (SWW@F-S). I just want to continue the International Baccalaureate framework because I think it's powerful.

Can SWW@F-S get this program (ideal) or can Thomson families get some sort of preference at Eliot-Hine or Deal, which also have it, in addition to SWW@F-S? (Don't want to lose our great current feeder, families love it!)

Did I miss the window for asking for that? [/quote]

EH parent here. I like that idea![/quote]

Doesn’t Eastern have IB too? That would create a potential pathway through 12 especially if a Ward 6 elementary adopted it. [/quote]

It's only going to work if DCPS commits to actually teaching the IB content. Which they won't.[/quote]

In elementary and at least part of middle it’s a framework for all kids, a style of teaching and approaching learning. It’s a school commitment, not really a district one. Requires strong instructional leadership and good teachers. EH has that. I think Eastern is on its way.  [/quote]

How do you know? And what does that even really mean, given Eastern's PARCC scores. Is anyone going to look at Eastern and say "Literally all the kids are below grade level in math, but they have IB so I'm fine with that"?[/quote]

Fair question!

At EH, I know because IB, [b]an independent global nonprofit, doesn’t let a middle school call itself IB unless it meets IBs standards for instruction, course offerings, professional development, you name it[/b]. They visit and essentially do an independent audit of the school. They don’t take DCPS’ word for it, trust me. The standards are the same for schools all over the world. It takes a good leader with a strong staff to meet that high bar, so if EH got IBs blessing, it must have those things in place. (Jefferson for example pursued IB.)

I like the outside seal of approval cause I’d rather send my kid to a school with strong teachers and leaders than one with meh teachers and “honors” classes that only looks good because it has a socio-economically advantaged population. Which describes a lot of supposedly awesome suburban middles. 
 
On Eastern, see above. They have at least some quality instruction in place, for some kids, or they couldn’t offer IB at all. The test scores are low overall because the program is pretty tiny.

I live in Ward 2 and send my kid to schools here. No plans to move to the Hill. I don’t have a kid at EH and it’s not my feeder. I like IB as a program but have no reason to booster EH. Or Eastern for that matter.

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Ummmmm, Eastern has an IB program and literally fewer than 1 in 10 kids in the building is at grade level. Take your DCPS, IB marketing materials and go away. [/quote]

Happy to. Sheesh. Why are so many mean-girls (or guys) here?

Just passing on info. Don't even have a kid at Eastern. Don't work for IB, though I do work in education and figured I'd share in case someone here found this to be a useful perspective. [/quote]

If you know so much about IB, maybe you can explain to us how Eliot-Hine and Eastern both have IB programs with external accreditation, yet the test scores at Eastern are still so terrible. I just can't wrap my head around the idea that a quality program can't get anyone to pass Algebra 1.[/quote]

Again, I don't have a kid at either school or live in on Hill. And I do not work for DCPS, or IB, just in education. So I'm totally speculating, but I believe the Eliot-Hine program is brand new - can't judge the results of its alumn at Eastern yet -  and the Eastern program is tiny. If this is important to you, you should take that question to the schools or to IB. [/quote]

Eliot-Hine's IB program dates from 2015, so nope.

Why is the Eastern program so tiny?

What's important to me is calling out the BS that there is a quality IB program at Eastern. Or really any quality. Ten out of 800+ kids passing a math PARCC test is not setting the bar very high. If this is what it means to have IB in middle and high school, why would that matter to anyone?[/quote]

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