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My daughter attends an IB charter school. Her student-driven classes are more about mastery than memorization.

My daughter switched from a traditional education to an International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The IB system focuses on skill mastery over rote memorization and allows for student-led learning. My ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Should your child take AP or IB classes? It could save them thousands in tuition.

GREEN BAY − College is expensive. In the last decade, the cost of four-year public universities has increased by 10%, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. U.S. News and World ...
The Aspen Times

Teen Spotlight: With the International Baccalaureate program, is no stress better than no credit?

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is one of the many qualities that makes Aspen High School the esteemed public school it is. To earn the full diploma, students must take six IB ...
East Valley Tribune

IB program expanding to younger E.V. students

Students at those schools take the same classes offered to International Baccalaureate World Schools in 131 countries. Now younger students may get the chance to jump on board. Chandler and Mesa are ...
Centre Daily Times

State High’s IB program costs $93K a year with about a dozen graduates. Should it continue?

Recent discussions on the size and cost of State College Area’s International Baccalaureate system have brought out staunch defenders of the small but mighty program inside the high school, raising ...
Education Week

Colleges Vary on Credit for AP, IB, Dual Classes

At Minnetonka High School, students take advanced courses to bolster their chances of getting into a selective college or because they hope to get credit for a college class. Others sign up because of ...
LancasterOnline

Student success increases in AP and International Baccalaureate classes at SDL

When: School District of Lancaster school board meeting, Nov. 7. What happened: More students are taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses at J. P. McCaskey High School, and ...
Colorado Public Radio

The secret ingredients to keeping students engaged in class? Empathy and purpose

High school students help build projects for visually impaired people, learning what it’s really like to walk a mile, or play ...
WMAZ

Central High School welcomes biggest International Baccalaureate class in over a decade

MACON, Ga. — Bibb County schools say Central High School's International Baccalaureate (IB) Program is a model education for the modern student since 1996. The IB program allows high school students ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Rural school's IB program draws national applicants

On the 3rd, a second-year Korean language class was in full swing at the library of Yongbuk Middle School in Namwon City, Jeollabuk-do. Students were scattered across the library, which spans the size ...
The Nation

My High School Wanted to Expand Opportunities for Low-Income Students. Did It Limit Them Instead?

A well-meaning effort to increase educational equity in Utah might not be helping those most in need. But there are ways to make these programs more accessible. High school students in a classroom. In ...