2 JUL 2021 · Director of IB World Schools, Adrian Kearney, extends a warm welcome to the latest cohort of IB authorized schools, marking the 2000th PYP school since 1997.
17 JUN 2021 · In this episode of IB Voices, we are joined by Katherine Dix and Shani Sniedze-Gregory, the authors of "The impact of the IB Primary Years
Programme (PYP) on student wellbeing and other related social-emotional learning outcomes," to learn more about the research study and what we can glean from it as educators and parents.
11 FEB 2021 · This February marks the fifth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We hear from astrophysicist and science advisor Erin Macdonald, who tells us about her role as a science advisor in the Star Trek franchise, the real (and fictional) role models that influenced her career and how she landed in Glasgow for her PhD. She is a Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) graduate based in the United States.
3 FEB 2021 · IB leaders from across the globe gathered for a roundtable discussion on working more closely together to support each other in the new landscape they are all facing and the new PSP focus on school culture to improve learning environments.
26 JAN 2021 · IB leaders from across the globe gathered for a roundtable discussion on developing agency for all leaders, teachers, students, and parents so that resilience, flexibility, responsibility, self-assessment, and adjustment are part of everyday learning.
19 JAN 2021 · IB leaders from India and Singapore gathered for a roundtable discussion on the importance of feedback across different grade levels; as students have been more responsible for evaluating their own work, how can schools continue to build skills for students and teachers in using assessment 'for' and 'as' learning.
19 JAN 2021 · IB leaders from India and Singapore gathered for a roundtable discussion on innovating assessment to better serve the needs of students, focusing on how schools are responding to the changing rules and the knock-on effect for end of year exams at all levels.