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[quote=Anonymous]DCI could greatly simplify what it's doing by electing to become an "IB Diploma-only School." In that case, the curriculum would be streamlined with the goal of enabling all juniors and seniors to earn the full IB Diploma.

To earn the Diploma, students must achieve IB points pass total of at least 24-26 points on a 45-point scale.  To earn enough points, students must do reasonably well in the equivalent of 6 AP courses, a Theory of Knowledge Class (a combination of research methods, logic and philosophy), a Community Action Service (CAS) requirement, and researching and writing an IB Extended Essay (30-page dissertation). Full IB schools prepare most students to pass Higher Level IB (1-2 years beyond AP) IBD language exams.

This is the way the strongest suburban IB programs in this Metro area work. If an upper-class student demonstrates that she or he can't, or won't, do the work to earn the full Diploma over time, they are counseled out. The bar isn't actually set all that high to earn the full Diploma, but a student needs to be an industrious A or B student to pull it off.

No public school can do a good job being everything to every sort of student who might rock in. Give the polyglots, especially hard workers, and high fliers at DCI, and those coming up in the chain in the feeders, the resources, structure and support they need to excel academically and grow personally. Absent the international focus, this is no different from what BASIS and Latin are doing.[/quote]

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