<p>As a US-credentialed teacher, I first learned of the IB program 25+ years ago when teaching in the Middle East. It was “A Big Thing” there already at that time! It was offered in grades 11 and 12 in my American School-based-curriculum school.</p>
<p>Fast forward to my own DD’s private international school (in southeast Asia) which had the IB program starting from Grade 1. (She was schooled there grades 1-7.) Basically, she learned how to plan and present projects, which we feel helped to prepare her for the real world.</p>
<p>Anecdotal fodder: The IB program in grades 1-7 worked really well for our DD.</p>