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Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way. (Article continued below...)

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If you have questions about the list, please contact challenge@washpost.com. Note: Subs. Lunch % is the percentage of students receiving federally subsidized meals. E and E % stands for equity and excellence percentage: the portion of all graduating seniors at a school that had at least one passing grade on one AP or IB test. For more information on methodology, see our FAQ; please leave your comments on the list in the comments box below.

**Includes IB. Nearly all other schools use just AP tests.

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  • Posted By: SaveMyersParkIB @ 11/21/2009 9:49:50 AM

    Here is a link to the newspaper article the morning after the vote. It brings you up to speed on what happened!
    http://www.charlotteobserver.com/education/story/1048224.html
    Thanks for getting involved and preserving a challenging high school curriculum at the highest level!

  • Posted By: SaveMyersParkIB @ 11/21/2009 8:55:41 AM

    What has happened to Myers Park High School's IB program is about far more than any national rankings or academic prestige. It is about the dismantling of a highly successful IB program. The move was designed to shift the IB magnet students to other schools that are under-enrolled. In so doing, there will be too few students to sustain a deep IB curriculum much beyond the minimum requirements. One analysis shows a loss of 22 IB classes and completely eliminates German, Latin, and higher level math. We do have a new school board coming in next month and are working hard to reverse this decision. Please consider engaging in this effort in a thoughtful and polite way. 1/3 of the Board of Education are former educators who have made education their life work. High schools across the country need to graduate MORE global thinkers who can speak 2 or 3 languages as we move deeper into the geo-political complexities of the 21st century.

  • Posted By: SaveMyersParkIB @ 11/20/2009 11:11:33 AM

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