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Political objections to the IBDP in the United States have resulted in attempts to eliminate it from public schools.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06047/656217.stm|accessdate=06 June 2009|last=Ward|first=Paula Reed|date=2006-02-16|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|title=Cutting international program embroils Upper St. Clair board in controversy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/mar/14/schools.schoolsworldwide|last=Walters|first=Joanna|date=2006-03-14|work=Guardian.co.uk|title=All American Trouble|accessdate=15 July 2009}}</ref> [[Thomas Sowell]], senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] at [[Stanford University]], describes the IBDP as "[[indoctrination]]" and "one of the endless series of [[fad]] programs that distract American public schools from real education in real subjects."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2004/02/26/parents_with_backbone|title=Parents with backbone|last=Sowell|first=Thomas|date=2006-02-24|publisher=[[Townhall.com]]|accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref> Some schools in the United States have eliminated the IBDP due to budgetary reasons and low student participation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20090322/news/local/20090322IB.html#c5t_form|last=Kranhert III|first=John|title=Pinecrest Drops IB Program|date=2009-03-21|work=The Pilot|accessdate=15 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-high-district-1997140-students-program|work=OCRegister|last=Martindale| first=Scott|title=175 Saddleback Valley Teachers Face Layoff|date=2008-03-12|accessdate=27 July 2009}}</ref> In [[Utah]], funding for the IBDP was reduced from $300,000 to $100,000 after Senator [[Margaret Dayton]] objected to the program, stating, "I don't want to create 'world citizens' nearly as much as I want to help cultivate American citizens who function well in the world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatesite.com/blog/2008/05/concern-with-ib-part-ii.html|title=The Senate Site|first=Margaret|last=Dayton|date=2008-05-21|accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lwvutah.org/Legislative%20Updates/2008GeneralSession/Feb28.html|title=League of Women Voters of Utah|date=28 February 2008|accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, the Kings College for the Arts and Technology in the UK "scrapped" the IBDP in favor of the A-Levels due to "lack of student interest" and because "the children were being failed" and "were leaving without something that was useful to them." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2056754_kings_college_head_scraps_exam_after_review|work=getsurrey.co.uk|first=Guy|last=Martin|title=Kings College head scraps exam after review|date=08 September, 2009|accessdate=08 September, 2009}}</ref>

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