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LPT: How to increase your chances of successful studying/organisation. : LifeProTips. Math Run - Mathgame - how fast are your Math skills? A simple Math Training Game for everyone. Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare. No Excuse List. Is the International Baccalaureate Program Anti-American? The Sound of Ideas, our partner station WCPN’s daily talk show, took on the topic of the International Baccalaureate program this week. The International Baccalaureate program, originally developed as a standard curriculum to use with the the “internationally mobile” children of diplomats, is now growing in popularity in U.S. schools. That popularity is due in part to the belief that the program “seeks to teach students not just what they need to know, but how to think and learn,” as the Sound of Ideas puts it. While more than 20 Ohio schools have adopted parts of the IB program, some parents and educators are critical of it.

In one part of the hour-long show (listen to the full show) Sound of Ideas host Michael McIntyre asked IB proponents about some of those criticisms. Excerpt: The Sound of Ideas Discusses the International Baccalaureate ProgramIs IB anti-American? Download Q: How do you answer critics who say that IB is anti-American? Listen to the full show here. Khan Academy.