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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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R v Hopley (more commonly known as the Eastbourne manslaughter) was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. The case concerned the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor (some sources give his name as Chancellor and his age as 13 or 14) at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley used corporal punishment with the stated intention of overcoming what he perceived as stubbornness on Cancellor's part, but instead beat the boy to death.

An inquest into Cancellor's death began when his brother requested an autopsy. As a result of the inquest Hopley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was found guilty at trial and sentenced to four years in prison, although he insisted that his actions were justifiable and that he was not guilty of any crime. The trial was sensationalised by the Victorian press and incited debate over the use of corporal punishment in schools. After Hopley's release and subsequent divorce trial, he largely disappeared from the public record. The case became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools and reasonable limits on discipline. (Full article...)

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The Royal College of Colombo (commonly known as Royal College) was founded in 1835 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School and provides both primary and secondary education. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka, producing the first Executive President of Sri Lanka, the last Sultan of the Maldives and also three Prime Ministers.

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1878 – Phillips Academy plays a game of football against Phillips Exeter Academy, starting one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States

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1900 – Kyunggi High School, the oldest modern secondary school in Korea, opens in South Korea under an edict by King Gojong

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1959 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

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1966 – The Plowden Report reviews Primary education in England in a wholesale fashion.

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Francis Dzierozynski (born Franciszek Dzierożyński; January 3, 1779 – September 22, 1850) was a Polish Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent missionary to the United States. Born in the town of Orsha, in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus), he entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained a priest in 1806. He taught and studied in Polotsk and Mogilev until leading students in an escape from the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He returned to Polotsk, where he taught until the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Russian Empire in 1820. Thereafter, he took up teaching in Bologna, Italy.

The Jesuit Superior General sent Dzierozynski to the United States as a missionary the following year. He was given broad authority over the Jesuits' Maryland Mission, and taught at Georgetown College while learning English. In 1823, he was appointed the superior of the Maryland Mission, with jurisdiction over all the Jesuits in the United States. During his term, he continued teaching at Georgetown, where he was also master of novices. As superior, he reconciled the Society of Jesus and the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, a holdover from the period of suppression of the Jesuits that owned most of the American Jesuits' property, and oversaw the transition of Saint Louis College into a Jesuit institution. He also was involved in significant disputes with the American bishops, especially Ambrose Maréchal, with whom his quarrel over the ownership of valuable White Marsh Manor, endured for many years and involved such prominent figures as John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Roger Taney, Luigi Fortis, and Pope Pius VII. (Full article...)

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Image 1György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 2Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 3The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 4Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 5A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 6To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 7Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 8King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 9Pomona College (from College)
Image 10Albert 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 11Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 12Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 13Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 14RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 15Scripps College (from College)
Image 16Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 17SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 18Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 19Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 20Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 21Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 22The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 23University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 24A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 25Loyola 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 26Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 27The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 28First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 29The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 30Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 31Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 32Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 33A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 34Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 35Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 36Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 37Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 38One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 39World 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 40Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 41Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 42St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 43Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 44Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 45Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 46Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 47Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 48Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 49Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 50Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 51A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 52A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 53King'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 54A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 55Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 56Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 57Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 58Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 59A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 60Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 61Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 62Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 63Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 64St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 65Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 66Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 67City College of New York (from College)
Image 68A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 69Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 70West Park Secondary School in Toronto is an example. It was built in 1968 for students with slow learning or special needs. (from Vocational school)

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