Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conscientious high school students have a lot to consider: grade-point average, extracurricular activities and the rigor of ...

AP is more widely available at U.S. high schools than IB. Not every student has access to AP courses or IB programs. Though uncommon, some high schools offer both AP and IB courses. Many teens looking ...

The International Baccalaureate, a renowned educational program found in more than 160 countries, has survived in the United States for more than half a century, pliable enough to accommodate multiple ...

When Sadie Kim took the most demanding courses at her high school and earned a prestigious International Baccalaureate diploma this spring, she expected to receive enough college credit to give her ...

More than 20 Washington area schools have adopted, often with great enthusiasm and success, the International Baccalaureate program. That does not impress Anne Hall, who has arranged for her daughter ...

GREEN BAY − College is expensive. In the last decade, the cost of four-year public universities has increased by 10%, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. U.S. News and World ...

Although the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have one of the highest rates of college-level test participation in the country, they have not quite opened their Advanced Placement, International ...

The International Baccalaureate organization, best known in the United States for its prestigious two-year diploma program for juniors and seniors, will enter new terrain this fall as it formally ...

More than 20 Washington area schools have adopted, often with great enthusiasm and success, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. That does not impress Anne Hall, who has arranged for her ...

Recent discussions on the size and cost of State College Area’s International Baccalaureate system have brought out staunch defenders of the small but mighty program inside the high school, raising ...