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Horowitz, Frances Degen
(Encyclopedia) Horowitz, Frances Degen, 1932-2021, American child psychologist and educator, b. Bronx, N.Y., Antioch College (B.A., 1954), Goucher…Bond, J. Max, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Bond, J. Max, Jr., 1935-2009, African-American architect, b. Lexington, Ky., Harvard Univ. (BA, 1955; MA, 1958). Bond’s father, J. Max,…Locke, Alain LeRoy
(Encyclopedia) Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1885–1954, American writer, educator, philosopher, and cultural critic, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard (A.B., 1907; Ph.D., 1918), first African-American Rhodes…Soka Gakkai
(Encyclopedia) Soka GakkaiSoka Gakkaisōˈkä gäkˈkī [key] [Jap.,=Value Creation Society], Japan-based independent lay Buddhist movement. A theological offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism, it was founded (…Barnard, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Barnard, Henry, 1811–1900, American educator, b. Hartford, Conn., grad. Yale, 1830. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835. As a member (1837–39) of the Connecticut…Steiner, George
(Encyclopedia) Steiner, George, 1929–2020, American critic, essayist, novelist, and educator, b. Paris, France, immigrated to the United States 1940, became a U.S. citizen 1944; Ph.D. Oxford, 195).…Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm August
(Encyclopedia) Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm AugustFroebel, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustfrāˈbəl, frōˈ–, Ger. frēˈdrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm ouˈg&oobreve;st fröˈbəl [key], 1782–1852, German educator and founder of…Dewey, John
(Encyclopedia) Dewey, John, 1859–1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Burlington, Vt., grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1879, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1884. He taught at the universities of Minnesota (1888…Eliot, Charles William
(Encyclopedia) Eliot, Charles William, 1834–1926, American educator and president of Harvard, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1853. In 1854 he was appointed tutor in mathematics at Harvard and in 1858…home schooling
(Encyclopedia) home schooling, the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. In most cases, one or both of the children's…Trending
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