Academics
B-CC is a comprehensive public senior high school with a full complement of challenging academics and innovative programs, including learning and academic disabilities education and English as a Second Language. B-CC has an Honors program, an Advanced Placement program, and a signature program – the International Baccalaureate program. B-CC is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the Maryland State Department of Education. The school offers 28 Advanced Placement Courses, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School is one of the top schools in the nation. In 1960, the school was rated "Best School in America," by Time Magazine. In 2005, the school was ranked 29th in Newsweek Magazine's top 1000 High Schools in the U.S., ranked 34th in the 2006 edition, 44th in the 2007 edition and B-CC was ranked 64th on Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools of 2008. In 2010, B-CC was ranked by Newsweek as the third best public school in the state of Maryland, and as the 63rd best public school nationwide.
In May 2011, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School was ranked #1 in the state of Maryland, and #59 in the nation.
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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