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Bunnell, Tristan – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown enormously since the 1990s and have seemingly found their "home" in the United States. However, the IB has provoked opposition, initially from concerned parents, and lately by conservative agencies. This book charts the growth of the IB in America and…
Descriptors: Global Education, International Programs, Advanced Placement Programs, Politics of Education
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Tarc, Paul – Journal of Research in International Education, 2009
The International Baccalaureate (IB) emerged in the 1960s after a significant demand arose for an internationally recognized secondary school-leaving diploma among a subset of the international school community. In tension with the practical demands of producing and sustaining a mobile diploma were underlying liberal-humanist visions of a…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Educational History, Secondary Schools, International Programs