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A school is both the educational institution and building designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students 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 organization. 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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Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a liberal arts focus and selective admissions criteria located in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is the third-oldest active public high school in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.

The school is situated on a 38 acres (0.15 km²) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall Gothic tower. ( Full article...)

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Robert College of Istanbul ( Turkish: Istanbul Amerikan Robert Lisesi) is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. The Institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside of the United States, and has a long list of notable alumni, including Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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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 the Annenschule ( pictured) high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia was transformed into a Soviet work school after the Russian Revolution, but now houses a lyceum?

... that Newark Arts High School in New Jersey opened its doors to students in 1931 as the first U.S. public high school specializing in the visual and performing arts?

... after being headmaster of St. Bees School, George Mallaby joined the army, rose to Colonel, became High Commissioner to New Zealand, and was knighted?

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Marie Smallface Marule (Isstoikamo¹saakii, 1944 – December 31, 2014) was a Canadian academic administrator, activist, and educator. She served as executive director of the National Indian Brotherhood (NIB), chief administrator of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples (WCIP), and secretary of the Indian Association of Alberta. Marule was president of Red Crow Community College for two decades, and led the creation of several indigenous studies programs. She was previously an assistant professor of Native American studies at the University of Lethbridge. ( Full article...)

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... that William Hunter Dammond became the first African-American graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in 1893, but was not recognised as such until 2000?
... that "The College Chimes" by American composer Daisy Wood Hildreth was chosen by the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as their alumni song?
... that Jeff Malott scored his first three goals for Cornell University on the same day?
... that WBAA, the radio station of Purdue University, received its broadcast license 100 years ago today?
... that vaccine coverage at schools around the Disneyland Resort was too low for herd immunity when measles broke out in 2014?
... that Cambridge don R. R. Bolgar was heard to say that if it had not been for a misfortune, he might well have supported the Nazis as a landowner in Moravia and been murdered by the Russians?
... that Burmese scholar Shaw Loo was Bucknell University's first international student?
... that girls at a school for children deemed " educationally subnormal" were given far less freedom than boys in order to prevent "sexual misbehaviour"?

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Image 1Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 2First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 3Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 4Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 5The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 6Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 7 Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 8The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 9 Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 10 Loyola 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 11 Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 12 Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 13A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 14 SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 15György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 16One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 17 Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 18 Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 19A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 20 St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 21Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 22Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 23Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 24Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 25Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 26The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 27 Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 28 West Park Secondary School in Toronto is an example. It was built in 1968 for students with slow learning or special needs. (from Vocational school)
Image 29 Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 30World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 0.900–0.949
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(from History of education)
Image 31The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 32 Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 33Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 34 Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 35A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 36 Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 37 City College of New York (from College)
Image 38Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 39Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 40 King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 41St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 42 Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 43 Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 44Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 45A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 46Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 47 Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 48To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 49The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 50 King'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 51 RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 52A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 53 Scripps College (from College)
Image 54 Albert 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 55A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 56 Pomona College (from College)
Image 57 Saint Anselm College (from College)

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