Though 99 percent of Singapore's students pass national exams, a delegation of the city-state's educators recently traveled the globe to Anne Arundel County schools to learn innovative ways to help the other 1 percent succeed.
That a delegation from Singapore, a city-state regarded as one of the most efficient and prosperous locales in the world, would come to the U.S. for ideas on education might seem odd.
Kros said people in the U.S. are often taken aback when they hear that a delegation from Singapore is coming for pointers on education.
"They say, 'Why would they come here? They beat ... us in all testing,'" he said. "And it's because they're really good at their advanced-level kids and making education a priority in their country, but not as experienced with kids who don't do well in traditional settings."Full story
