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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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Pūnana Leo (lit. 'voice nest'; often translated as "language nest") are private, non-profit preschools run by families, in which the Hawaiian language is the language of instruction and administration.

Initially opened illegally, the first Pūnana Leo opened in 1984 in Kekaha, Kauaʻi. Based on the practices of 19th-century Hawaiian-language schools, as well as the Māori language revival kindergartens in New Zealand, the Pūnana Leo was the first indigenous language immersion preschool project in the United States. Graduates from the Pūnana Leo schools have achieved several measures of academic success in later life. (Full article...)

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Gordonstoun is a Scottish co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn, it is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Charles, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun.

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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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Percy Shaw Jeffrey FRGS (14 March 1862 Cheltenham, England – 22 February 1952) was a respected English schoolmaster and author of several books on a range of topics, including significant contributions towards the teaching of phonetics in schools. Shaw Jeffrey taught at a variety of schools before spending sixteen years as headmaster at Colchester Royal Grammar School. With his wife, Alice, he retired first to South Africa, then to the town of Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1916, where he spent his time between numerous trips to countries around the world. (Full article...)

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... that Westminster Abbey's director of music James O'Donnell, who is responsible for the singing at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, is scheduled to become a professor at Yale University in 2023?

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Image 1Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 2West 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 3Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 4Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 5RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 6SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 7Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 8Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online 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 10Pomona College (from College)
Image 11First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 12A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 13Albert 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 14Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 15A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 16Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 17Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 18Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 19Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 20Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 21Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 22A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 23Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 24A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 25Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 26Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 27Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 28Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 29St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 30City College of New York (from College)
Image 31One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 32The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 33Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 34King'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 35World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
- 0.850–0.899
- 0.800–0.849
- 0.750–0.799
- 0.700–0.749
- 0.650–0.699
- 0.600–0.649
- 0.550–0.599
- 0.500–0.549
- 0.450–0.499
- 0.400–0.449
- 0.350–0.399
- under 0.350
- not available
(from History of education)
Image 36Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 37The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 38A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 39Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 40Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 41Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 42To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 43A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 44King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 45Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 46The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 47Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 48Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 49St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 50Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 51György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 52The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 53Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 54The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 55Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 56Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 57Scripps College (from College)

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