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Lois Elsa Hole, CM, AOE DStJ [3] (née Veregin; 30 January 1929 – 6 January 2005) was a Canadian politician, businesswoman, academician, professional gardener and best-selling author. She was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 10 February 2000 until her death on 6 January 2005.
Lois E. Trott (née Andrews; January 4, 1828 – October 4, 1894) was an American educator and philanthropist born near Oswego, New York. Known for her innovative teaching methods and dedication to improving the lives of impoverished children, she made significant contributions to education and social welfare.
A Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) is a program designed to support self-directed education. Sugata Mitra , an education scientist, first popularized the term in 1999, referencing an approach he developed following his Hole in the Wall experiments.
In the 2010s, the company focused on e-commerce, [23] [24] and digital offerings and text rental, [25] in addition to its core areas of expertise. In 2013, Follett was described as a $2.7 billion, privately held company serving 70,000 early childhood, primary and secondary schools, and more than 1,000 college campuses. [ 26 ]
Minimally invasive education (MIE) is a form of learning in which children operate in unsupervised environments. The methodology arose from an experiment done by Sugata Mitra while at NIIT in 1999, often called The Hole in the Wall, [1] [2] which has since gone on to become a significant project with the formation of Hole in the Wall Education Limited (HiWEL), a cooperative effort between NIIT ...
As of January 2013, Accelerated Learning Solutions operated 10 schools in Florida. [1] In 2013 the company expanded to Charlotte, North Carolina with the opening of Charlotte Charter High and West Charlotte Charter High. [2] Randle Richardson is Chief Executive Office of Accelerated Learning Solutions, which focuses on potential high school ...
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing education company Addison-Wesley Longman. [1]
Lois Ellen Frank is an American food historian, cookbook author, culinary anthropologist, and educator. She won a 2003 James Beard Foundation Award for her cookbook Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations , the first cookbook of Native American cuisine so honored.