[quote=4Sbuyer2002]The new Del Norte High School in 4S looks to be a very impressive campus. There is alot of buzz in 4S about it offering the “International Baccalaureate Program” at the school. This is some sort of whiz bang big deal out of Switzerland designed to prepare students to compete in a global market.
My kid’s school has the IB program and I think it is one fo the only ones nearby so they allow IB accepted kids to transfer in, even from Fallbrook in the neighboring county (the school is 1 mile from S.D. county so it’s not a big deal).
The IB program doesn’t prepare for the global market, it prepares them for colleges in other countries. If they plan to attend school in the U.S., AP is probably better suited for them. AP is recognized in the US, IB in the rest of the world. I’m not an educator and others will certainly disagree. My info comes from friends who live in other countries who have kids in private schools, but english speaking american schools despite not being in english speaking countries. If their kids want to go to college in the states, they steer them into AP and if they want to attend school where they are or another country, they steer them toward IB. It may be hard to comprehend that for us, but for some people, the distance between here and San Francisco will cross numerous countries and languages. We think our schools vary, it’s mcuh different other places, IB allows colleges to evaluate foriegn students on a more level playing field with certain universal standards. And of course everyone hates America, so they had to invent their “Euro” version of AP.
