People and places
The IB turned 50 in 2018! This is how we celebrated Mickie Singleton marks a milestone The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a worldwide community of students, educators and schools with a shared mission to offer the best possible international education, combined with an emphasis on human values. In 2018, the IB celebrated its 50th anniversary and is proud that its schools and teachers, in an ever-growing number of countries around the world, continue to develop students to be internationally minded, courageous risk takers and critical thinkers. Founded in 1968, the IB has become a widely recognized and respected international education organization, setting a global standard of academically-rigorous learning, teaching and assessment. In March 2019 IB programmes are currently taught to more than 1.4 million students in over 5,000 schools
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in 153 countries. During our 50th anniversary celebrations, we had the chance to showcase what has always inspired, driven and strengthened the IB by bringing people together and hearing how they contribute to the IB’s mission—to create a better world through education. At the start of 2018, we held the #weareIB campaign (https://ibo.org/50years/welcome-to-weareib/we-are-ib/) – where we saw educators and students alike thank the IB educator who had inspired them throughout their lives. It was great to see so many thank you messages shared by the IB community across the globe. Later in 2018, the #generationIB campaign (https://ibo.org/50years/this-isgenerationib/generationIB-in-action/) brought together
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