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Direct linkCurran, Marta; Rujas, Javier; Castejón, Alba – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
The growth of the International Baccalaureate (IB) worldwide is part of a global trend towards the internationalisation of education (IE). Its implementation, nonetheless, takes different forms depending on national and local contexts. This paper examines the recent expansion of the IB in Madrid, drawing upon the sociology of education policy…
Descriptors: International Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Private Education, Social Influences
Barry P. Flicker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Advanced Placement (AP) program created by the College Board offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. The AP course curriculum program comprises a panel of college-level educators and experts in a particular field of study. Colleges and Universities may grant placement and course credit to those students who…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Outcomes of Education, High School Students, Student Development
Kowalski, Monica; Christensen, Andrea L. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2019
This study sought to explore the often controversial role of competition in academic settings by interviewing 11 high school students, about half of whom were in an AP English course. The interviews asked the students to describe how they feel competition plays a role in their classrooms and personal learning experiences, and also how competition…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Competition, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Kolluri, Suneal – Harvard Educational Review, 2019
Rigorous learning opportunities at high schools in low-income neighborhoods are limited and ineffective, and in these settings the Advanced Placement (AP) program has mostly eluded successful implementation. In this study, Suneal Kolluri analyzes two schools in the same low-income, Latinx neighborhood that, despite comparable numerical gains, have…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Advanced Placement Programs, Low Income Groups, Hispanic American Students
Resnik, Julia – Journal of Education Policy, 2020
Since the 1980s, education in Canada has been through a process that led to school choice, targeting the improvement of students' performance through school competition. These policies fostering an education quasi-market became an ideal framework for the expansion of IB schools. Since the Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate (IBDP)…
Descriptors: Competition, Advanced Placement Programs, School Districts, International Education
Suraiya Hameed – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2020
Purpose: This paper reports a qualitative research study of comparative analysis of global citizenship education (GCE) in two primary schools, one international school in Singapore (Stamford International) and an independent school in Australia (Coastal College). The research focussed on how these two schools implemented GCE through the adoption…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Advanced Placement Programs, International Education
Download full textDonovan, Martha K.; Lakes, Richard D. – Critical Questions in Education, 2017
Public education reformers have created a widespread expectation of school choice among school consumers. School leaders adopt rigorous academic programs, like the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and Career Programme (CP), to improve their market position in the competitive landscape. While ample research has investigated…
Descriptors: High School Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Marketing, School Choice
