The International Baccalaureate standard-level option mentioned in Nell Hurley's Sept. 7 letter [Extra, "In a Student's Example, a Case for Mid-Level Core Courses"] illustrates a possible middle ...

IB students who are currently enrolled in these four math classes are the last cohort to take them. In the coming academic years, four new math courses will be offered, instead.

AP and IB courses are college-level classes offered in high school with the option of taking an exam to earn college credit at a fraction of the cost. An AP exam costs $97 and an IB exam costs ...

The IB primary program uses an approach that teaches students several disciplines in classes organized by six units: "Who we are," "Where we are in place and time," "How we express ourselves ...

A mother sends her daughter to an IB charter school. Her classes are more student-driven and encourage mastery of subjects rather than memorization.

The International Baccalaureate, with U.S. regional offices in Bethesda, Md., and programs in 830 U.S. high schools, doesn’t exist for the purpose of getting students college credit, said Drew ...

When parents who had received a undergraduate degree, the number of AP and IB classes rose to 12.6 percent and parents with graduate degrees typically had students that offered 14 of those classes.

Within IB, students were isolated from the rest of the school and received disproportionately more resources. IB or pre-IB students took honors, AP, or IB classes taught by another group of teachers.

What happened: More students are taking Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses at J. P. McCaskey High School, and the number of students receiving passing scores increased in ...

At State College, the IB program is split into two categories: diploma students who take a full two years of courses, and a la carte students, who may take one or more courses per year depending ...