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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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The Free School is the oldest independent, inner-city alternative school in the United States. Founded by Mary Leue in 1969 based on the English Summerhill School philosophy, the free school lets students learn at their own pace. It has no grades, tests, or firm schedule: students design their own daily plans for learning. The school is self-governed through a weekly, democratic all-school meeting run by students in Robert's Rules. Students and staff alike receive one equal vote apiece. Unlike Summerhill-style schools, the Free School is a day school that serves predominantly working-class children. Nearly 80 percent of the school is eligible for reduced-price meals in the public schools. About 60 students between the ages of three and fourteen attend, and are staffed by six full-time teachers and a number of volunteers.

The school runs on a shoestring budget as a tradeoff for its financial independence and accessibility to low-income students. Tuition is billed on a sliding scale based on what parents can afford. Revenue from rental properties and fundraising supplements tuition income. The Free School started a high school program in 2006 that later spun off as the Harriet Tubman Democratic High School before closing in 2017. Journalists have likened the school's approach to unschooling and homeschooling, and its work to that of prefigurative politics. The Albany Free School is one of the few schools remaining from the 1960s and 1970s free school movement. It inspired the program of the Brooklyn Free School. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.

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May

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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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Portrait of Spaid from History of Hampshire County, West Virginia (1897)

Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid (July 27, 1866 – March 16, 1936) was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).

Born in West Virginia, Spaid began his career in education as a schoolteacher in Virginia and as a school administrator in Ohio. After a decade as a principal Spaid became a superintendent; in this role he argued for compulsory education and the consolidation of New Castle County's rural public schools, instituted pay raises for teachers to mitigate a teacher shortage, and served on a committee to revise the state public school system's curriculum. (Full article...)

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

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