IB Community Blog

The IB is collaborating with the Jacobs Foundation, the Australian Council for Educational Research and the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment to undertake research into creativity and curiosity across all IB programmes. The IB is inviting IB World Schools to become part of this exciting journey, which is inspired by the IB learner profile.

Diploma Programme (DP) graduate Victor Scotti, Jr. deconstructs the nuances of privilege from his experience as a Black male graduate of the Chicago Public School system. This is ­­his third story in our graduate voices series.

Curious to hear what it’s like to have a remote evaluation visit? Middle Years Programme (MYP) coordinator Melissa Fitzgerald shares her experience and some useful tips.

We spoke with the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore, about their efforts to smoothly transit to online learning and to conduct the November 2020 examinations.

Diploma Programme (DP) graduate Ashleigh Fields is a student at Howard University, of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States. She offers her thoughts on why she chose this university, the history these prominent institutions, and how her identity has become a part of her university experience. This is ­­her third story […]

Ana Ghiban, a graduate of the Shanghai American School, China, tell us about her decision to pursue a university degree in The Netherlands.

In the fourth episode of a series focused entirely on the Career-related Programme (CP), Chris and Lori share how the personal and professional skills (PPS) course fosters student agency.

In a new series on the IB Voices Podcast, senior leaders from across the world discuss various challenges faced by educators due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and lessons that leadership teams can learn after enduring the challenges from the previous year.

This blog highlights research findings and recommendations to help schools build students’ metacognitive skills. The selection of findings is based on an extensive literature review from a policy paper called Making the abstract explicit: The role of metacognition in teaching and learning, which was commissioned by the IB Research department and conducted by Inflexion.

This blog highlights research findings and recommendations to help schools nurture students’ growth mindset. The selection of findings is based on an extensive literature review from a policy paper called Growth Mindset Thinking and Beliefs in Teaching and Learning, which was commissioned by the IB Research Department and conducted by Inflexion in 2020.

Primary Years Programme (PYP) teacher Johana Barón explains how she helps her students assess their approaches to learning (ATL) skills and why it’s vital for their own learning.

Primary Years Programme (PYP) students from Oregon, USA set up #TIStogether as a way to give back to their community during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

The first teaching of the Interdisciplinary unit will begin September 2021 and Middle Years Programme (MYP) Curriculum manager Nat Erbes shares four things teachers can expect.

Exciting advancements are underway with the new Middle Years Programme (MYP) personal project course. Curriculum manager Justine Swainson shares the top four changes to look out for.

Diploma Programme (DP) graduate Liezl Bitas looks at the role that film and TV have in creating lasting social impact throughout history and how filmmakers are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. This is ­­her second story in our graduate voices series.

Diploma Programme (DP) graduates Katie Tracy and Imogen Duke teamed up to create IBlieve—a platform that offers IB students resources and tips from IB graduates. They join a long tradition of IB alumni entrepreneurs returning to education.

Diploma Programme (DP) graduate Ashleigh Fields is a student at Howard University, of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States. She offers her thoughts on why she chose this university, the history these prominent institutions, and how her identity has become a part of her university experience. This is ­­her third story […]

Diploma Programme (DP) teacher Sarvenaz Tabrizi explains how COVID-19 (Coronavirus) affected global education systems and asks us to consider changing the ways we teach.

Middle Years Programme (MYP) teacher Anthony Copeland explains how he integrates computational thinking in the science curriculum as his school works to make Dubai a more sustainable city.

IB students from Morris Jeff Community School highlighted the best of New Orleans in their latest magazine edition of Krewe.

Gabriel Fernández, head of United World College (UWC) Dilijan looks back at 2020 and shares the lessons learned as an educator in Armenia.

The IB has partnered with the University of the People (UoPeople) to address the global shortage of qualified educators. This year, we are funding 140 educators on their way to earning a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree. We hear from Jonassah Schliephake, an educator from Stella Maris School, to reflect on how access to this […]

Fulbright recipient and IB educator Mary Jo West explains how the programme will inspire and help her make a difference on a global scale.

Ana Ghiban, a graduate of the Shanghai American School, China, tell us about her decision to pursue a university degree in The Netherlands.