World Class Learning Schools, formerly British Schools of America, is an educational organization founded in 1998. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it operates seven schools in Washington D.C., Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Al Khor, Qatar, Doha, Qatar, and New York. All teach a unique combination of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and the UK National Curriculum. Four of the schools also offer the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) and six of the schools offer the IGCSE.
World Class Learning Schools is one of two divisions of the World Class Learning Group. Fieldwork Education is the other branch of the World Class Learning Group.
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