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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea that IB is only valuable if you get the diploma is so silly. Is AP only valuable if you take 8 AP courses?[/quote]

The entire point of IB os the diploma.[/quote]

No it’s not.  Are you at an IB school?  The entire point of an IB curriculum is multipart and it is all aimed at building up all parts of a student. It’s part global citizen, part classical education, part rigorous curriculum, part critical thinking, part being an engaged and reflective member of your community, and part communication both written and oral.  Students benefit from this if they take 1 IB class or all IB classes.  At all the IB schools, students take the classes at high rates even if they don’t work towards the IB diploma.  They are still benefiting from the program.

Are there some shortcomings with IB, yes.  Particularly around math, it needs to go deeper into college mathematics.  But it’s a great program and sets students up for success in college.

All the AP advocates overlook the shortcomings with AP and there are many.  The teaching to the test, the lack of depth, the  poor development of critical thinking.  Then there is the empirical data that a large number of students either don’t take the exam or score 3 or lower.  If you are judging IB based on the number achieving the diploma, AP should be judged just as harshly for the students who don’t pass the College Board evaluation.  [/quote]

This is the silliest post I’ve ever read about the magic IB pixie dust.

A school cannot offer IB unless it agrees to structure its academic courses around the IB diploma “programme.”  It has been a giant failure and waste of money in FCPS.  AP is more flexible and less expensive but the School Board eats up the “global citizens” PR from the IBO like catnip. [/quote]

This post is just silly and basic IB PR.  I work at an IB school and teach the classes.  Some are good, some I find to have too much busy work in them.  I like my school in general and the commute works so I stay.  I would never want my own kids to take these courses if we had a choice, which we did, so we purposely bought in an area so they could attend an AP school.

Yes, the global citizen talk is nauseating.  We didn’t need to hire college counselors for essays, they did plenty of writing, took rigorous courses and were well prepared for college at their AP HS.

I’m not sure why the IB pushers think IB better prepares for college.  I have experience at both.  [/quote]

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