Examine these websites for their mission statements and learning theories:

 

                1.  Transmission Model (teacher-centered), CORE KNOWLEDGE Schools  Developed by E. D. Hirsch  http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/index.htm     http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/about/index.htm

 

 

                2.  Inquiry-Based Model (student-centered) ESSENTIAL Schools  Developed on the model of Theodore Sizer and designed by Deborah Meier (Central Park East, NY)    http://www.essentialschools.org/pub/ces_docs/about/phil/10cps/10cps.html

 

              3.  Social Justice Theme School, Social Justice High School, Little Village, Chicago, IL.     http://sj.lvlhs.org/sj/mission_vision.jsp