Integrities 

Dr. Maria Montessori on her purest ideals endeavors to promote an education Suited for children with special needs to ready them for the real life. Hence, such ideology gave birth to the Montessori Education system in which lives by the principle of Learners should learn, at their own pace within a controlled environment. Thu , guided by her theory that "students teach themselves she prepared a controlled environment that completes the holistic learning, Montessori educational system promotes. As her study took so many turns within the decades, it is now deemed beneficial even for inclusion in the traditional schools that caters normal students. For over 100 years, Montessori schools around the world commits to a very dedicated and unique status quo in terms of the l ideology, it is indeed unfortunate that many educational institutions call themselves Montessori but disregards the effort that such name requires. That is the reason why the researchers aim to identify how the Montessori schools in the Philippines live up to the Montessori name. Geared with the desire to know, the researchers conducted a semi structured interview along with a tool being utilized during school observation. The tool was verified by a Montessori expert in which covers the Montessori environment, the teacher and the curriculum. The chosen schools were located around Bulacan. The researchers utilized a multiple case study method by which evaluates the schools in accordance to their gaps and integrity. Gaps refer to the errors or common Montessori standards that institutions took for granted. Integrities manifest manner by which the institutions adhere to the Montessori educational system in terms of the learning environment and materials, teacher, and curriculum. The multiple case study data analysis by Stake and qualitative data analysis method by Billups were utilized by the researchers to formulate themes and to group them into clusters. This method of research was conducted to cater to the various isolated cases of the school. Hence, the researchers g field. Hence, as the Philippines follow the trend of the rebirth of Montessori were able to examine the conclusion through this. The gaps and integrities in the philosophy and educational learning system were recognized as a key factor in the curriculum making in which greatly affects the preference of the stakeholders and the school itself. 

Gaps