LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence schools will not join an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which offers advanced courses to high school students.
The board decided Monday the cost of the program was too high. But board members said they will continue to look for other advanced-studies programs to benefit college-bound students.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports the IB program is similar to the better-known Advanced Placement, or AP program, offered by many schools. But the IB program focuses on humanities and liberal arts, and it requires students to complete an entire curriculum, while the AP program allows students to take specific classes.
A committee of teachers who studied the IB program says it would cost the district and the students too much, and would benefit only students who are already academically successful.
