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A group of educators came together to build an international education movement which will not only instill knowledge in the learners, but also skills and values to have a peaceful and a better world for the upcoming generations
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The IB is the only international education which has a global network of educators who support and professionally develop colleagues across the world. In 2009 this was formalized into the IB Educator Network (IBEN).
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The study found that, when compared to a matched comparison group, students in the IB Diploma Programme are 40 percent more likely to attend four-year colleges and 50 percent more likely to attend more selective colleges. In addition, these students are significantly more likely to persist in four-year colleges for two years.
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It is always difficult to implement sustainable changes. IB could be considered one of the desired models of learning. However, any change to be brought in the local landscape will take a lot of time, even decades. If we need the local government education systems to get inspired by the IB model, introducing and implementing SDGs, contextualized to the local landscape is something to think about
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Unfortunately, IB is considered, atleast by people who do not understand what it means, as a system of education meant only for "international" people. The IB system having proved how it impacts learners positively by The Chicago Study, and by its vision itself to make a better world, such a system can be introduced to local government systems.
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Attracting alumni itself in the IB system as a feedback into the system can be considered one way to keep the evolution of IB as a constant process.
Constant interaction of the alumni , who may not want to become a direct part of IB system, can be encouraged to help the IB evolve and keep making it real world as the changes keep happening.