Curricula and exams
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The American System in International Schools
The very name 'American Curriculum' is a misnomer, since technically there is no such thing in the way that there is a National Curriculum of England, or a French national curriculum. All fifty states and most major cities/school districts (often county-wide, not just one city) set their own curriculum frameworks, priorities, funding, standards, tests and scheduling.
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The European Baccalaureate: the European schools
One of the lesser-known mysteries of the EU is the existence of the European Schools that lead to the European Baccalaureate. These schools were launched in the 1950s to serve the children who are dependents of employees of the European Institutions that are run under the auspices of the EU. The schools are funded by the EU and their dependents pay no tuition. Consequently, several of the schools are in Brussels, seat of the EU, and the others are located in Spain, Italy, Germany, Italy, UK, Luxembourg (where the largest schools is) and The Netherlands.
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The French education system
How the French education system works
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The International Baccalaureate explained
Schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB DP) prepare students for university entrance by following the IB programme over the final two years of high school. This involves taking six subjects (three at higher level and three at standard level).
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The International Primary Curriculum Explained
We contacted the office of the IPC for information to round out our own article describing this interesting and fast growing curriculum (now almost 1,300 schools in over 63 countries are using it, 1000 of those in England, Wales and Scotland alone). They offered to write it for us, and we thought what they sent was so thorough and spot on (and certainly all you'll ever need to know about the IPC!), we'd publish as is.