Supertest: How the International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools - Hardcover

JAY MATHEWS covers education for the "Washington Post" and has created "Newsweek's" annual Best High Schools rankings. He has won the Benjamin Fine Award for Outstanding Education Reporting for both features and column writing and is the author of six previous books, including "Escalante: The Best Teacher in America", about the teacher who was immortalized in the movie "Stand and Deliver".

Philip Kearey gained a B.Sc. in Geology and a Ph.D. in Geophysics at the University of Dunham. After two years for the Canadian government he took up a post as Lecturer in Applied Geophysics at the University of Bristol in 1976. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1995. He was elected as Chartered Geologist of the Geological Society in 1991.

Mike Brooks was a Professor of Geology and Head of the Department of Geology at Cardiff University from 1978 to 1993 and is now a Professor Emeritus of the University. From 1993 to 2001 he was the Education and Training Officer of the Geological Society of London.

Ian Hill is Senior Lecturer in Geophysics at the University of Leicester where he teaches Geophysics and Plate Tectonics. He was the first chairman of the Environmental and Industrial Geophysics Group (EIGG) of the Geological Society of London. He is a Chartered Geoligist.

"A good introduction to what the program is and what its strengths and weaknesses are." -- The Washington Times, October 2005

Mathews and Hill contend that the IB allows students to belong to a newtork of like-minded people with common experiences. -- Book News, Inc., June, 2005

Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews and International Baccalaureate official Ian Hill describe the IB program. -- American School Board Journal, August 2005