We're Going to Singapore

Marie and I got back from spring break (We went to Mexico to visit Marie's Grandmother) and received our acceptance letter for our Fund for Teachers grant. They gave us $7,500 to fund a trip to Singapore, and we are excited. On our trip we will visit classrooms and study how they teach math in Singapore. International rankings consistently rank Singapore's education system at the top for math. They do a great job despite having what American educators would consider serious disadvantages. Their average class size is 38 students and a large majority don't speak English at home. Meanwhile, the United States ranks the lowest among other industrialized countries.
We will visit Singaporean schools and attend teacher workshops to find out what makes Singapore schools so successful. We hope to bring back teaching materials and strategies back to Houston to improve our math scores here. We also will visit a few sites for some "cultural exchange."
We'll use this blog to share pictures and stories from our trip. I've set this up, but I hope that Marie will do most of the writing.
-Morgan