I'm dismayed to learn that "humanities focused" Banneker, IB World School, teaches just two foreign languages, both of them Romance languages. Where's the "world school" in that set up? Washington Latin, with a smaller graduating class than Banneker, teaches 5 languages.

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Anonymous wrote:So does SWW have the APs that Banneker doesn't?

It has at least some of them. It offers BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Earth Science (I think) AP Statistics, and at least one of the AP Physics courses.

There is no AP Earth Science. Wall’s offers AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C- Mechanics. They have AP Chem and AP Bio. I’m pretty sure they have AP Environmental Science and AP Psychology but not 100% sure. They also have AP Stats and AP Calculus BC

You're right--I meant environmental science, not earth science!

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker doesn’t hire the teachers needed for serious STEM offerings. Admins are elderly and out of touch on STEM. Nice though.

Maybe because it's an IB Humanities based school. Can't be everything to everybody!

Come on, which elite, magnet urban high school in this country doesn't teach BC Cal, AP Chem or Physics?

IB humanities isn't a thing. IBD Geneva requires course work in at least six subject areas, including math and science. That's been true for more than half a century.

So Humanities focused schools don't exist? I didn't know that....It is what it is. Maybe they are working to offer more..just ask!

I am surprised that Banneker does not offer AP Calculus BC. In general, taking AP Calculus BC elevates your college application and helps reassure colleges that you are college ready.
Not all students take it obviously but it seems strange not to offer it when the school only admits academically successful students

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Anonymous wrote:So does SWW have the APs that Banneker doesn't?

It has at least some of them. It offers BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Earth Science (I think) AP Statistics, and at least one of the AP Physics courses.

There is no AP Earth Science. Wall’s offers AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C- Mechanics. They have AP Chem and AP Bio. I’m pretty sure they have AP Environmental Science and AP Psychology but not 100% sure. They also have AP Stats and AP Calculus BC

They offer more, 39 as of this year. So Banneker's teaching roughly 40% of the subjects.

Banneker's teaching 14 AP subjects. The College Board offers 32. That might be all you need to know.

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker doesn’t hire the teachers needed for serious STEM offerings. Admins are elderly and out of touch on STEM. Nice though.

Maybe because it's an IB Humanities based school. Can't be everything to everybody!

Come on, which elite, magnet urban high school in this country doesn't teach BC Cal, AP Chem or Physics?

IB humanities isn't a thing. IBD Geneva requires course work in at least six subject areas, including math and science. That's been true for more than half a century.

Anonymous wrote:So does SWW have the APs that Banneker doesn't?

It has at least some of them. It offers BC Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Earth Science (I think) AP Statistics, and at least one of the AP Physics courses.

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker doesn’t hire the teachers needed for serious STEM offerings. Admins are elderly and out of touch on STEM. Nice though.

Maybe because it's an IB Humanities based school. Can't be everything to everybody!

Interesting. Maybe it's time for the DCUM crowd to start taking a serious interest in McKinley, for STEM students.

We have come to this conclusion for our son who has a strong interest in engineering.

That said, I'm sure that college or community college classes could be taken to supplement the Banneker curriculum, though that's a lot of trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:Banneker doesn’t hire the teachers needed for serious STEM offerings. Admins are elderly and out of touch on STEM. Nice though.

Maybe because it's an IB Humanities based school. Can't be everything to everybody!

Interesting. Maybe it's time for the DCUM crowd to start taking a serious interest in McKinley, for STEM students.

So does SWW have the APs that Banneker doesn't?

So do the majority of the kids who interview get seats (among those who don't rank Banneker below another school like SWW)? Anybody able to characterize how many offers vs. interviews?

Anonymous wrote:Banneker doesn’t hire the teachers needed for serious STEM offerings. Admins are elderly and out of touch on STEM. Nice though.

Maybe because it's an IB Humanities based school. Can't be everything to everybody!

Anonymous wrote:Not supported is too tame a phrase. No AP Chem, Psych, Physics or BC Calc in 2024. Not impressed.

duly noted.