<p>I have looked very carefully into IB as in the part of the world I live it is the standard educational model in many schools and at the school my 2 older children graduated from. I have been in many classrooms where IB at all levels is the mode of instruction. I was thinking of the office in the Hague when I ‘misspoke’. </p>
<p>The IB curriculum suits some students, not all, and I think that the jury is still out as to whether it is the ‘best for the world’ as it purports. In this part of the world, the most IB of the IB schools (doing it the longest, providing it as the only educational option) excludes from the last 2 years of the program, the culmination of the experience, students who will not be ‘successful’ on the IB diploma. This is to preserve the school’s statistics. This means that kids can attend a school for 12 years (including preschool) and then be exited. These are students who no doubt would score high enough to get a diploma, but not at the average school level which is 37-38.</p>
<p>If this is what is pegged as ‘best for the world’- count me out… </p>
<p>As for the American comment… the program is an ‘International’ program but highly influenced by European models. Since when does ‘international’ not include American?</p>