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Informal education is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It can refer to various forms of alternative education, such as:

The mass media and museums, libraries, zoos, and other community-based organizations and cultural institutions also offer forms of informal education.

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+'''Informal education''' is a general term for education outside of a standard school setting. It can refer to various forms of [[alternative education]], such as:
-{{otheruses4|the animation studio|the [[Gym Class Heroes]] song|Cookie Jar (song)}}
+* [[Unschooling]] or [[Homeschooling]]
-{{Refimprove|date=July 2008}}
+* [[Autodidacticism]] (Self-teaching)
-{{Infobox Company |
+* [[Youth Work]]
-  company_name    = Cookie Jar Entertainment |
-  company_type    = [[Privately held company|Private]] |
-  company_logo    = [[Image:Cookie Jar Group logo.svg|120px]] |
-  foundation      = [[1971]] (as DIC Entertainment)<br>[[1976 in Canada|1976]] (as Cinar)<br>[[2004 in Canada|2004]] (current ownership) |
-  location        = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Burbank, California]], [[United States]]|
-  key_people      = '''Co-founder & CEO''':<br>[[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]]<br>'''Co-founder & President''':<br>[[Toper Taylor]] |
-  industry        = [[Animation]], [[Production]] |
-  products        = Children's animation |
-  revenue         = |
-  operating_income= |
-  net_income      = |
-  num_employees   = |
-  parent          = [[Midway Games]]|
-  subsid          = |
-  homepage        = [http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/ thecookiejarcompany.com]
-}}
-'''The Cookie Jar Group''' (also known as '''The Cookie Jar Company''') is a [[Canada|Canadian]] producer of children's educational and entertainment programs and materials.  It is headquartered in [[Toronto, Ontario]], with offices in [[Paris, France|Paris]], [[Montreal, Quebec, Canada|Quebec]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[Tokyo, Japan|Tokyo]] among other places.  Cookie Jar Group, made up of two divisions, '''Cookie Jar Entertainment''' (which also serves as the company's children's television arm) and '''Cookie Jar Education''', develops, produces, distributes and markets to children, their caregivers, parents and teachers.
+The [[mass media]] and [[museums]], [[libraries]], [[zoos]], and other community-based organizations and cultural institutions also offer forms of informal education.
-In its previous incarnation as '''Cinar''' (pronounced seh-NAR), the company enjoyed an illustrious existence that ultimately ended in scandal.<ref name= "swift">{{cite news | title= Cinar Co-Founders Fined $1 Million Each, Banned From Company For Five Years | last= Swift | first= Allan | date=[[March 15]], [[2002]] | publisher= [[Canadian Press]] Newswire | url= http://securities.stanford.edu/news-archive/2002/20020315_Headline14_Swift.htm }}</ref> Cinar was an integrated entertainment and education company involved in the development, production, post-production and worldwide distribution of family entertainment programming and educational products.
-==History==
+==External links==
+* [http://enhancinged.wgbh.org/started/what/formal.html Formal vs. Informal Education], [[WGBH]].
-===Cinar===
+* [http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf/weblinks/KGRG-569PV7?OpenDocument Informal Education], The [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].
-====20th century====
+* [http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DRL Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings], [[National Science Foundation]].
-[[Image:CINAR.PNG|right|thumb|The 1994&ndash;2005 Cinar logo.  The 1976&ndash;1994 logo had the "N" and "A" connected.]]
-After their 1976 meeting in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], future spouses [[Micheline Charest]] and Ronald A. Weinberg organized an event for a women's film festival, and worked at distributing foreign films to US theatres.  The couple moved to New York and formed '''Cinar''', a film and television distribution company.
+{{disambig}}
-In 1984, Cinar changed their focus from media distribution to production, and moved operations to [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], where they concentrated on children's television programming (including ''[[Animal Crackers (TV series)|Animal Crackers]]'', ''[[Emily of New Moon (TV series)|Emily of New Moon]]'', ''[[Mona the Vampire]]'', and ''[[The Wombles]]''), as well as the English and French dubs of the [[anime]] series ''[[Adventures of the Little Koala]]'' and ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 anime)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' and the [[Spain]]-originating TV series ''[[The World of David the Gnome]]''.  As a production company, Cinar was also involved in the work of ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark (TV series)|Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'', ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]'', ''[[Madeline#Madeline on TV|Madeline]]'', ''[[Space Cases]]'' and, its most famous work, ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' and ''[[Zoboomafoo]]''. The firm became a [[public company]] in [[September 1993]]. By 1999, Cinar boasted annual revenues of $150 million ([[Canadian Dollar|CAD]]) and owned about $1.5 billion (CAD) of the children's television market. In the late 1990s, Cinar bought the rights to all the shows owned and made by British animation company [[FilmFair]]. The company had become known for its children's programs, broadcast in more than 150 countries.
+{{edu-stub}}
-====Scandal====
-The success of Charest, Weinberg, and Cinar ended in March 2000, when an internal audit revealed that about $122 million ([[US Dollar|US]]) was invested into [[The Bahamas|Bahamian]] bank accounts without the boardmembers' approval.<ref name="swift" />  Cinar had also paid [[United States|American]] [[screenwriting|screenwriters]] for work while continuing to accept [[Canada|Canadian]] federal [[grant (money)|grants]] for content.  The names of Canadian authors were credited for the work, allowing Cinar to benefit from Canadian [[tax]] credits.  While the [[province]] of [[Quebec]] did not file criminal charges, Cinar denied any wrongdoing, choosing instead to pay a settlement to Canadian and Quebec tax authorities of $17.8 million ([[Canadian dollar|CAD]]) and another $2.6 million (CAD) to [[Telefilm Canada]], a Canadian federal funding agency.  The value of Cinar [[stock market|stock]] plummeted, and the company was soon delisted.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/charest_micheline/| title = In Depth: Micheline Charest | work = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News Online]] | date=2004-04-14 | accessdate=2006-09-07 }}</ref>
-In 2001, as part of a settlement agreement with the Société des Valeures Mobilières du Québec (Quebec Securities Commission) Charest and Weinberg agreed to pay $1 million each and were banned from serving in the capacity of directors or officers at any publicly traded Canadian company for five years. There was no admission of guilt and none of the allegations have been proven in court.
-In September 2008, William A. Urseth published an insider's book called Death Spiral. It details the CINAR scandal and how it tied into two other companies called Norshield and Mount Real.
-===DIC Entertainment===
-{{Split2|DiC Entertainment|date=October 2008}}
-[[Image:1983diclogoinspector gadget.jpg|frame|left|The DIC logo with [[Inspector Gadget]] used from 1983-1985.]]
-[[Image:1983 diclogolittles.jpg|thumb|right|The DIC logo with [[The Littles]] used from 1983-1985.]]
-[[Image:1985diclogo.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The DIC logo used from 1985-1987.]]
-[[Image:1987diclogo.jpg|right|thumb|The DIC "Kid in Bed" logo used from 1987-2002.]]
-[[Image:DiC.jpg|frame|left|The DIC logo used from 2002-2008.]]
-[[Image:Dicentertainmentheadquarters.jpg|right|thumb|DIC headquarters in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[California]], [[United States]]]]
-'''DIC Entertainment''' (pronounced "deek") was an international [[film]] and [[television]] [[production company]] which was founded in 1971 as '''DIC Audiovisuel''' by [[Jean Chalopin]] in [[Luxembourg]], as a subsidiary of [[Radio-Television Luxembourg]] (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for '''Diffusion, Information et Communication.''' The company's [[United States]] headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, are in [[Burbank, Los Angeles County, California|Burbank, California]].
-In 1986, [[Andy Heyward]] bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations. In 1993 the company was purchased by [[Capital Cities/ABC]] and in 1995 became a subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. In 2000 with an investment by [[Bain Capital]], Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known).  He purchased  [[Bain Capital]]'s interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.
-In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows, DIC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's ''[[Meet the Deedles]]'' and 1999's ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]''. One current project of DIC's Heyward is an animated series starring [[billionaire]] [[Warren Buffett]], ''The Secret Millionaire's Club''.<ref>"[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184241,00.html Warren Buffett Gets Animated]," ''[[Fox News]]''</ref>
-In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and [[CBS Corporation]] signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on [[CBS]]. The resulting ''[[KEWLopolis|KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS]]'' was launched the following fall. <ref>"[http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?72 CBS AND DIC ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER TO LAUNCH BRANDED KIDS PROGRAMMING BLOCK, "CBS'S SECRET SATURDAY MORNING SLUMBER PARTY"]," ''DIC Entertainment''</ref> On September 15, 2007, a new programming block: ''[[KEWLopolis]]'' premiered, a joint venture between DIC, [[CBS]], and [[American Greetings]].
-In April 2007 DIC Entertainment, [[Corus Entertainment|Corus Entertainment's]] [[Nelvana]] and [[Sparrowhawk Media Group]] announced plans to launch [[KidsCo]] a new international children's entertainment network.
-On [[June 20]], [[2008]], it was announced that DIC would be acquired by '''Cookie Jar Group'''.<ref>[http://www.dicentertainment.com/press/details.php?148 DIC TO MERGE WITH COOKIE JAR]''DIC Entertainment''</ref> On [[July 23]], [[2008]], the studio has completed the acquisition of DiC Entertainment,<ref> [http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/news2.php?id=130]''Cookie Jar Group''</ref> and the company was then absorbed into '''Cookie Jar Entertainment'''.
-===Purchase and rebranding===
-In March 2004, Cinar was purchased for more than [[Canadian dollar|CA$]]190 million by a group led by [[Nelvana]] founder, [[Michael Hirsh (producer)|Michael Hirsh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2003/10/31/cinar311003.html| title= Cinar sold for $143.9 million US; new owner outlines growth strategy| publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News Online]]| date=[[October 31]], [[2003]] |accessdate=2006-09-07}}</ref> and former Nelvana President, Toper Taylor. Charest and Weinberg reportedly received $18 million (US) for their company shares.
-The Company was subsequently rebranded under new management as '''The Cookie Jar Group'''.
-===Recent activity===
-On [[July 23]], [[2008]] it was announced that Cookie Jar is in negotiation with [[American Greetings]] to buy the [[Care Bears]], [[Strawberry Shortcake]], and [[Sushi Pack]] franchise. The deal is expected to finalize in late [[2008]].<ref>{{cite press release
-| title = Cookie Jar Entertainment to Acquire American Greetings' Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears Properties
-| publisher = Cookie Jar Group
-| date = 2008-07-23
-| url = http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/news2.php?id=129
-| accessdate = 2008-07-29
-}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper
-| title = American Greetings 2Q profit falls 73 pct on costs
-| publisher = San Francisco Chronicle
-| date = 2008-09-26
-| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/26/financial/f080122D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
-| accessdate = 2008-10-10
-}}</ref>
-Cookie Jar and [[Weigel Broadcasting]] will provide childrens' and [[E/I]]-oriented programming for the new US digital television network [[This TV]], which is scheduled to launch in Fall 2008.
-== Television programs ==
-See [[List of Cookie Jar Entertainment programs]]
-==See also==
-*[[CinéGroupe]], another animation studio from Quebec.
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.thecookiejarcompany.com/ Official site (in English and French)]
-*[http://www.dicentertainment.com/ Official DIC Entertainment website]
-*[http://www.kewlcartoons.com/ Streaming Episodes]
-*{{imdb company|0026175|Cinar}}
-*{{imdb company|0138327|Cookie Jar Entertainment}}
-*{{imdb company|id=0112669|company=DIC Entertainment}}
-*[http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011755 A history of the studio (1998) from the Canadian Encyclopedia]
-*[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/D/DiC_Entertainment/index.html DIC Entertainment Cartoons] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]
-[[Category:Canadian animation studios]]
+[[Category:Alternative education]]
-[[Category:Companies based in Montreal]]
+[[Category:Learning]]
-[[Category:Companies established in 1976]]
-[[Category:OMERS]]
-[[Category:Television production companies of Canada]]
-[[Category:American animation studios]]
-[[Category:Companies established in 1971]]
-[[Category:DIC Entertainment]]
-[[Category:Burbank, California]]
+[[ru:Дополнительное образование детей]]
-[[es:Cookie Jar Entertainment]]
-[[fr:CINAR]]
-[[ja:クッキー・ジャー・エンターテインメント]]
-[[pt:Cookie Jar Entertainment]]