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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the PP with an IB kid at a poorly regarded school.  Not only is she getting a good education, her school's demographics do, in fact, give her an advantage in college admissions, beyond IB.  For example, there were significantly more graduating seniors accepted to UVA this year at her school than at higher SES schools, where the fight for just a few spots is super competitive.

I'm not saying IB is all that, or a good fit for everyone, particularly those who struggle with writing.  But there are certain types of students who can benefit tremendously from the program.  And the fact that IB is typically offered in lower SES schools means that those who thrive in the program have an easier route to top colleges and universities, where they arrive prepared.[/quote]

The top AP schools get significantly more kids into UVA  [/quote]

If that is true it is once again correlation not causation.

[quote]and the kids are better prepared because they’ve spent years with a stronger peer group.[/quote]

You don't know enough about the "peer groups" to say which is stronger, you're just making things up.[/quote]

It’s objectively clear which schools have stronger peer groups.  It’s not the IB schools.

IB schools in FCPS are frequently under-enrolled, under-performing, and troubled. For example, you can read about the litany of complaints raised to Justice’s new principal this week by unhappy parents. [/quote]

It is not objectively clear because no kid hangs out with every other kid in a large public high school. They don’t even KNOW everyone in their class. Any kid’s peer group is a small group of friends. High performing, intelligent IB kids hang out with each other not with the “underperforming and troubled” kids. And you can’t know how strong your kids peer group is unless you know their grades and test scores, which you don’t (and it would be creepy if you did).[/quote]

Nah, that’s only true if your kid has a small peer group at a “school within a school” IB program.  Cling to your lifeline if you want but information that’s in the public record confirms which schools have stronger students. [/quote]

Every kid has a small peer group, idiot. Your kid’s peer group is not all 600 kids in the class. Even at AP schools the AP kids are a school within a school.

“All of McLean is stronger than all of Justice” is a thoroughly dishonest argument against IB. Be better![/quote]

The idiots are the parents forcing their kids to attend IB schools.  At AP schools, the AP kids are the norm, not the "school within a school."

Trouble at Justice:  https://annandaletoday.com/new-justice-principal-sean-rolon-to-focus-on-communications-and-safety/[/quote]
Kids are assigned to IB schools based on their addresses. They could go to an AP school if they really want to AND they can get transportation. No one forces their kids to attend an IB school.  Parents do force their kids to attend AP bc of ignorant assumptions about IB though. [/quote]

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