IB Community Blog

This blog shares thought-provoking remarks about peace from African students who took part in a competition called “Peace You Have My Word”.

We spoke with Maximilian Hutter from German School of Barranquilla, Colombia on his school’s work on their global magazine.

This blog is the first in a series looking at the diversity of implementation and the flexibility of the Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Implementing MYP eAssessments for the first time can seem like a daunting and challenging task. Here, we talk to three MYP Coordinators whose schools successfully introduced MYP eAssessments in the May 2022 session.

In this blog, Sabina Sorrentino, IB Curriculum Manager, Amy Khoo, Vice-Principal of Arts and Janet Liew, Head of Literary Arts at SOTA explain how and why the new literary arts course was developed. 

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.

In 2020, the International Baccalaureate (IB), together with the Jacobs Foundation, the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), embarked on a journey to explore the skills of creativity and curiosity across all four IB programmes.

We asked Wilma Shen, CP Coordinator at Renaissance College Hong Kong who has been involved in the review process to speak about her experience and the key benefits for both educators and students.

Rebecca Pohl, High school counsellor, at American School of Warsaw shares her school’s inspiring efforts to fundraise and help Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

In this two-part Q&A session, we asked Celina Garza, IB Academic Integrity Manager. This second part specifically focuses on cheating and what schools can do to foster a culture of academic integrity in assessments. 

At a time where sustainability is at the forefront of many business strategies, IB Diploma Programme (DP) students at Christ Junior College, Bengaluru, India decided to create a creativity, activity, service (CAS) project to investigate corporate involvement in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Trapti Trivedi, Extended Essay (EE) Coordinator at Overseas Family School, Singapore, shares her experience in initiating an annual Extended Essay Exhibition.

In this fast-moving world, while we often talk about the lofty ideals of international mindedness, delivering it to the learning community in practical terms poses a big challenge. In line with the IB learner profile, Oakridge International School nurtures its students to be future-ready, global citizens who impact the world positively.