International Baccalaureate Organization News
The Washington Post featured a cover page article on the growth of the Primary Years Programme across the United States in the Sunday, December 17th edition of the newspaper.Read the full article>>
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Educators, Parents Eager for an Edge Opt for IB Classes In Grade Schools
By Ian Shapira
Excerpt:
Hunting for the best education for her three young children, Traci Pietra fretted about low test scores at her Arlington neighborhood school. Then the principal told her about Randolph Elementary's affiliation with one of the most prestigious and rapidly growing brands in education: IB.
International Baccalaureate is best known for a high school diploma program geared to the university-bound academic elite. But Pietra and her husband, Peter, were sold on the lesser-known elementary version of IB. Both were attracted to the IB emphasis on global understanding, Pietra said, and added: "He was like, 'Our kids are going to an Ivy League school, and we need an education that's going to get them on the right track.' "