Empowered Educators in Singapore

BEST PRACTICES FROM SINGAPORE'S HIGHPERFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEM Empowered Educators in Singapore is one volume in a series that explores how highperforming educational systems from around the world achieve strong results. The anchor book, Empowered Educators: How HighPerforming Systems Shape Teaching Quality Around the World, is written by Linda DarlingHammond and colleagues, with contributions from the authors of this volume. Empowered Educators in Singapore delves into the country's rapid rise to educational excellence on a global scale and the national effort that drives it. Singaporean students routinely outperform their peers from around the world, placing first or second in international assessments, particularly in math and science. In 2015, Singaporean students topped the league table for both the Programme in International Student Achievement PISA and the Trends in International Mathematics and...