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A school is an educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools that can be built and operated by both government and private organizations. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional terms section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university.

In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college, or seminary may be available after secondary school. A school may be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods. (Full article...)

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Benet Academy is a college-preparatory Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Catholic Diocese of Joliet. Since its founding in 1888, notable alumni have included Olympic athletes, professional American football players, winners of Grammy and Academy Awards, and a former Illinois attorney general.

An alumni directory compiled in 1937 listed alumni who were members of the clergy, businessmen, physicians, educators, attorneys, musicians, and journalists. For the 2010–11 school year, 1,333 students were enrolled at Benet. (Full article...)

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Raffles Institution is an independent boys' secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, it was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. Notable alumni include Yusof bin Ishak and Benjamin Henry Sheares, the first and second Presidents of Singapore, respectively.

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?

... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?

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Joseph Havens Richards SJ (born Havens Cowles Richards; November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent president of Georgetown University, where he instituted major reforms and significantly enhanced the quality and stature of the university. Richards was born to a prominent Ohio family; his father was an Episcopal priest who controversially converted to Catholicism and had the infant Richards secretly baptized as a Catholic.

Richards became the president of Georgetown University in 1888 and undertook significant construction, such as the completion of Healy Hall, which included work on Gaston Hall and Riggs Library, and the building of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards sought to transform Georgetown into a modern, comprehensive university. To that end, he bolstered the graduate programs, expanded the School of Medicine and Law School, established the Georgetown University Hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and recruited prominent faculty. He also navigated tensions with the newly established Catholic University of America, which was located in the same city. Richards fought anti-Catholic discrimination by Ivy League universities, resulting in Harvard Law School admitting graduates of some Jesuit universities. (Full article...)

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... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a Nazi-themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
... that a school in New York City occupies a Renaissance-style palazzo and a "French Renaissance hotel"?
... that the old defensive walls at New College, Oxford, are examined by the lord mayor every three years in a tradition dating back to 1379?
... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like a "19th-century college president"?
... that the departure of Carl Borgmann from the University of Vermont ended 17 years of scientists serving consecutive terms as president?
... that before becoming a voice actor, Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band in high school?
... that nine-year-old children were sometimes employed to help teach younger children in infant schools in the 1840s?
... that Catechumen, a Christian first-person shooter, was funded only in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre?

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Image 1Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 2György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 3Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 4Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 5Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 6Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 7Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 8Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 9Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 10King's College London, established by royal charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London (from College)
Image 11The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 12Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 13Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 14First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 15The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 16The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 17Loyola School, Chennai, India – run by the Catholic Diocese of Madras. Christian missionaries played a pivotal role in establishing modern schools in India. (from School)
Image 18A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 19Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012–2015) (from Online school)
Image 20Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 21World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 0.900–0.949
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Image 22King's College London in 1831, as engraved by J. C. Carter. It is one of the founding institutions of University of London, established in 1836. (from History of education)
Image 23Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 24To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 25Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 26One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 27Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 28Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 29Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 30Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 31Pomona College (from College)
Image 32Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 33St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 34The "red seminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 35Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 36A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 37City College of New York (from College)
Image 38A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 39University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 40Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 41Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 42Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 43Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 44St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 45A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 46A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 47Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 48Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 49Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 50Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 51Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 52Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 53SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 54Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 55A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 56Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 57RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 58A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 59Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 60Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012–2015) (from Online school)
Image 61A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 62Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 63Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 64Albert Bettannier's 1887 painting La Tache noire depicts a child being taught about the "lost" province of Alsace-Lorraine in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War – an example of how European schools were often used in order to inoculate Nationalism in their pupils. (from School)
Image 65Scripps College (from College)
Image 66Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 67Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 68Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)

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