schools in Colorado Springs because of "Open Enrollment", which is the option for Colorado students to enroll in their school of choice other than their assigned "neighborhood school." The International Baccalaureate® (IB) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation. The premise is a standardized curriculum that prepares students for higher learning and global living. Initially the program was exclusively housed in private schools, but now more than half of participating schools (like IB schools (6 comments)