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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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Romney Academy was an educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. In addition to the Romney Classical Institute, Romney Academy was also a forerunner institution to Potomac Seminary. Romney Academy was one of the earliest institutions for higher learning within the present boundaries of the state of West Virginia.

With the growth of settlement in Pearsall's Flats, which was later the location of Romney, the need for educational facilities became apparent and the community began plans for the establishment of schools and churches. A log structure, which served as both a school and a church, was built at Pearsall's Flats around 1752 near Fort Pearsall. To provide for a teacher's payment, a form was circulated around Romney and each parent indicated on the paper how many of their children would attend the school and the type of payment the teacher would expect. By the time Romney was surveyed by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron laid out the town of Romney in 1762, the log school was still in existence. That year, a stone school building was erected on the site to the immediate north of the old Hampshire County Courthouse and became known as Romney Academy. (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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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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... that the Liberty Colored High School (pictured), built to replace a Rosenwald school for African-American students in Liberty, South Carolina, is now the Rosenwood community center?
... that Konawaena High School's 18th place finish in the 1990 World Solar Challenge was the basis for the 1996 film Race the Sun?
... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960?

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Heather Joy Knight is an American educator and former President of Pacific Union College. She is the first woman to serve in that role and the only African-American woman to lead a college affiliated with the Adventist Church in the North America. Born in Jamaica, her family moved to the United States when she was nine. After completing her undergraduate degree at Oakwood College, she did her graduate work at Loma Linda University. She received her doctorate at Stanford University and pursued postdoctoral research at Harvard University.

She began her career on the faculty of the University of the Pacific, becoming an award-winning associate provost until she was asked to take over as provost at Andrews University. In 2009, she became the 21st President of Pacific Union College. (Full article...)

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... that Jaz Brisack, leader of the movement to unionize Starbucks, was the first woman Rhodes Scholar at the University of Mississippi?
... that Mayling Oey-Gardiner went from being a University of Indonesia clerk to a full professor?
... that Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley turned down multiple offers to play professional football to become a school teacher?
... that the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India?
... that American educator Janet Sorg Stoltzfus established the first foreign school in northern Yemen?
... that Japanese singer Noa became interested in music after watching the 2006 film High School Musical?
... that the only functioning secondary school in Mississippi during the American Civil War was founded by Thomas S. Gathright?
... that the main studio of a Cincinnati TV station occupies the one-time gymnasium of a former Black junior high school?

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

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