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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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Education in Medieval Scotland includes all forms of education within the modern borders of Scotland, between the departure of the Romans from Britain in the fifth century, until the establishment of the Renaissance late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. Few sources on Scottish education survived the Medieval era. In the early Middle Ages, Scotland was an oral society, with verbal rather than literary education. Though there are indications of a Gaelic education system similar to that of Ireland, few details are known. The establishment of Christianity from the sixth century brought Latin to Scotland as a scholarly and written language. Monasteries served as major repositories of knowledge and education, often running schools.

In the High Middle Ages, new sources of education arose, such as song and grammar schools designed to train priests with emphases on music and Latin grammar, respectively. The number and size of these schools expanded rapidly after the 1380s. By the end of the Middle Ages, all the main burghs and some small towns had grammar schools. Educational provision was probably much weaker in rural areas, but there were petty or reading schools in rural areas, providing an elementary education. There was also the development of private tuition in the families of lords and wealthy burghers that sometimes developed into "household schools". Girls of noble families were taught in nunneries and by the end of the fifteenth century Edinburgh also had schools for girls. There is documentary evidence for about 100 schools of these different kinds before the Reformation. The Education Act 1496 decreed that all sons of barons and freeholders of substance should attend grammar schools to learn "perfyct Latyne". All this resulted in an increase in literacy, with perhaps 60 per cent of the nobility being literate by the end of the period. (Full article...)

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Melbourne High School is a selective state school for boys in years 9 to 12 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently ranked the second highest scoring school in Victoria, and the highest available for boys. Its sister school for girls is the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Alumni range from Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, to Nick Green, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing.

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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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Major-General Sir Fabian Arthur Goulstone Ware KCVO KBE CB CMG (17 June 1869 – 28 April 1949) was a British educator, journalist, and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC), now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). He also served as Director of Education for the Transvaal Colony and editor of The Morning Post.

Born in Clifton, Bristol, he graduated from the University of Paris in 1894. After working in various education capacities, he travelled to the Transvaal Colony where, as a member of Milner's Kindergarten, he became Director of Education in 1903. Two years later, Ware became editor of The Morning Post and returned to England. While editor, he expanded the paper and reoriented it to focus on colonial affairs. After several controversies, culminating in a failed effort to purchase an airship for the United Kingdom, Ware was forced to retire in 1911. (Full article...)

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... that in 1857 Ludwig Grass donated 20,000 guilders to build the first state secondary school in Liechtenstein?
... that after Florida schools banned 54 mathematics books, Chaz Stevens petitioned that they also ban the Bible?
... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game?
... that Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler, the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the University of Vienna, co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls?
... that the rector of the University of Indonesia, Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin, introduced a non-thesis degree policy that allowed students to graduate without publishing a thesis?
... that Gret Palucca had to close her dance school in Dresden, Germany, in 1939 because of her Jewish descent, but reopened it in 1945?
... that Enoch Marvin Banks resigned from the University of Florida because of public outrage over his belief that the American Civil War was caused by slavery?
... that Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump, played football for Liverpool?

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

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