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March 20, 2009

Friday, May 30, 2008

Guest Blog: IB Myth v. Fact Analysis

By Cherilyn Bacon Eagar
Director, World Class Education Research  

Since 2005, controversy has dogged the International Baccalaureate Programme. But does the criticism have merit? IBO has responded on their website.

This is my analysis. For each statement, below, I have answered TRUE, FALSE or PT/PF (partly true, partly false), and given a short explanation. Here is a more thorough document, complete with citations. I have compiled an even more extensive overview on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. If readers would like more information they can contact me.

Public School Programs Grow Green Propaganda

Author: Cherilyn Bacon Eagar
January 16, 2009

I’m preparing for a presentation I’m giving soon and wanted to post the “My View” guest editorial that the Deseret News told me they would publish, but never did.  So here it is.   –CBE

Public School Programs Grow Green Propaganda

Americans shouldn’t be surprised that liberals are forcing a “green” socialist agenda on us.  After all, over the past century we have all been raised on a diet of public school progressive propaganda.  We even pay for this propaganda and elect “conservative” representatives that reauthorize federal socialist programs.  We ourselves say we’re conservative, and then faithfully send our children off to these public schools to become the next generation of liberals.  Just one example of these progressive programs – the Mercedes of them all - is the International Baccalaureate (IB).