INTEGRITY EDUCATIONAL CENTER

A: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EDUCATED PERSON IN THE 2r CENTURY
HOW LEARNING BEST OCCURS:
Learning best occurs when students are engaged in the learning process, and are able to make a
connection with it. Integrity Educational Center will utilize project/technology based instruction. It is
within this environment that students will utilize multiple intelligence skills (visual, audio, and textile) to
work individually and in groups. Integrity Educational Center will be a small school reaching 575 students
ages 16-18 and grades 10-12 at the end of its 6 th year. The studies performed by Harvard University
researchers show that smaller class sizes produce substantial improvement in learning: the effect of small
class size on the achievement of minority children was about double that observed for majority children in
the first four years of an experimental program in Tennessee.
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At Integrity Educational Center, the number of students per class will not exceed 15, in order for
students and teachers to develop a positive report and begin to tailor instruction to the student's
individual needs. Essentially, the connection between school and obtaining career goals will foster the
drive for students to become lifelong-learners.
Jae Z. Zachariah and A.C. Barton, "Urban High —school student's attitudes towards education, vol.88, n02, pp. I 97-222, Mar 2004
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