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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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Carre's Grammar School is a selective secondary school for boys in Sleaford, a market town in Lincolnshire, England.

Founded on 1 September 1604 by an indenture of Robert Carre, the school was funded by rents from farmland and run by a group of trustees. The indenture restricted the endowment to £20 without accounting for inflation, causing the school to decline during the 18th century and effectively close in 1816. Revived by a decree from the Court of Chancery in 1830 new buildings were constructed at its present site and the school reopened in 1835. Faced with declining rolls and competition from cheaper commercial schools, Carre's eventually added technical and artistic instruction to its Classical curriculum by affiliating with Kesteven County Council in 1895. Following the Education Act 1944, school fees were abolished and Carre's became Voluntary Aided. New buildings were completed in 1966 to house the rising number of pupils. After plans for comprehensive education in Sleaford came to nothing in the 1970s and 1980s, Carre's converted to grant-maintained status in 1990. Foundation status followed and the school became an Academy in 2011. The Robert Carre Trust, a multi-Academy trust with Kesteven and Sleaford High School was formed in 2015. (Full article...)

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La Martinière College is a premiere educational institution located in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The College consists of two schools: La Martinière Boys' College was founded in 1845 and La Martinière Girls' College was established in 1869. The Boys' College is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours.

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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 since being closed in 1973 for desegregation, Washington School (pictured) in Ossining, New York, has been used as offices and a church?

... that Nelson Mandela went especially to Ohlange High School to see a grave and to place his vote in South Africa's first free election?

... that faced with high teacher turnover rates, Hertford County Public Schools helped build teacher housing?

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Ethel Elizabeth McGhee Davis (November 30, 1899 – July 13, 1990) was an American educator, social worker, and college administrator. She served as the student adviser (1928–1931) and as the Dean of Women (1931–1932) for Spelman College in Atlanta.

Raised in Greenville, Georgia, Davis attended elementary and high school at Spelman College, where she graduated in 1919. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in 1923 and earned her diploma in social work from the New York School of Social Work in 1925. Davis became the first African American professional social worker in Englewood, New Jersey, when she accepted the position of Director of Social Work at the Social Service Federation for Englewood's African American community in 1925. (Full article...)

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... that according to campus legend, the English Building at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is haunted by the ghost of a female student who drowned in the building's pool?
... that under college president Arthur Bronwell in 1959, Worcester Polytechnic Institute built one of the first nuclear research reactors at an American university?
... that the main studio of a Cincinnati TV station occupies the one-time gymnasium of a former Black junior high school?
... that the College of William & Mary's Lake Matoaka is named for Pocahontas?
... that students participating in the 1968–69 Japanese university protests were known for ruthlessly interrogating and verbally abusing professors, sometimes for days on end?
... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country being invaded?
... that Ukrainian Sheriffs went to summer school after being shot?
... 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?

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

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