The Foreign Service Journal, December 2006

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 6 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 105 S CHOOLS S UPPLEMENT http://www.ibo.org/ The official Web site of the International Baccalaureate Organization — your first stop for information from the source. You can find a list of all IBO World Schools on this site, learn which colleges give credit for IB courses and gather information for setting up the IB program in your school. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/12/14/ CU2005121401454.html The “ Washington Post Challenge Index” rates Washington, D.C.-area schools based on how challenging the curriculum is, including IB and AP courses. http://www.geocities.com/ calcfreak901/ib.html A little unofficial IB-related humor. http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/ rsrcs/pubs/1992.htm The Family Liaison Office’s online list- ing (with active links) of Washington, D.C.-area high schools that offer the IB diploma. http://www.agateny.com/News_Ibornot. html This article by Washington Post writer Jay Mathews describes how colleges are biased, giving more AP credit than IB credit. http://www.ibmidatlantic.org/ List of Mid-Atlantic region IB schools http://www.ibscrewed.net/ “So you’ve sold your soul to the International Baccalaureate Program ... what’s next?” A great site where kids doing the full IB diploma can let off steam and bond with other stressed-out souls. Books: Jay Mathews and Ian Hill, Supertest: How the International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools (Open Court Publishing, 2005). A.D.C. Peterson, Schools Across Borders: The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges (Open Court Publishing, 1991). Tim Pound, The International Baccalaureate (RoutledgeFalmer, 2005). The IB: Resources