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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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Nan Chiau High School (NCHS) (traditional Chinese: 南僑中學; simplified Chinese: 南侨中学; pinyin: Nánqiáo Zhōngxué; Wade–Giles: Nan²Ch'iao² Chung¹hsüeh²) is a co-educational government-aided institution in Sengkang, Singapore affiliated to the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. It offers the four-year Express (Special) course for secondary education.

Founded in 1947, the institution operates under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP), with the mission to nurture bilingual and bi-cultural scholars who are highly knowledgeable in the Chinese language and culture. Affirmed as the North Zone Centre of Excellence for Chinese Language, the institution is known for its strong Chinese foundation in terms of teaching of the language and promulgation of the heritage and culture, which are not confined to the classrooms. (Full article...)

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The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the oldest public school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston elite, resulting in the school claiming many prominent Bostonians as alumni. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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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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Maria Grzegorzewska (18 April 1887 – 7 May 1967) was a Polish educator who brought the special education movement to Poland. Born to a family from the Żmudź region, she was strongly influenced by her parents' beliefs in humanitarianism. After attending clandestine schools to earn her basic education from Polish rather than Russian educators, she obtained her teaching credentials in Lithuania. She continued her education at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and in 1913 joined her countrywoman, Józefa Joteyko in Brussels to study at the International Paedological Faculty. When her studies in Belgium were interrupted by World War I, Grzegorzewska made her way to Paris and earned her PhD from the Sorbonne in 1916.

After the establishment of the Second Polish Republic in 1918, Grzegorzewska returned to Poland intent upon creating programs which addressed the needs of disabled children and introducing educational reforms to improve their lives. In 1919, she began working for the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education, establishing facilities for the care of disabled children, schools for special education, and training programs for teachers. Using her own methodology, she designed curriculum which in 1922 was implemented at the newly founded State Institute of Special Education [pl] (Polish: Państwowy Instytut Pedagogiki Specjalnej). She directed this institute from its founding until her death. (Full article...)

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... that girls at a school for children deemed "educationally subnormal" were given far less freedom than boys in order to prevent "sexual misbehaviour"?
... that Thomas Ragle, the president of Marlboro College from 1958 to 1981, described his position as like a "19th-century college president"?
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Image 1Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 2Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 3Literacy 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 4Loyola 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 5Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 6World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 7Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 8A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 9The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 10Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 11Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 12Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 13Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 14Aristotle 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 15A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 16A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 17To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 18King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 19Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 20Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 21Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 22Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 23A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 24Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 25Istanbul 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 26Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 27The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 28Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 29The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 30A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 31King'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 32Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 33Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 34A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 35University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 36A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 37Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 38RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
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 40Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 41Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 42Pomona College (from College)
Image 43Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 44Established 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 45One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 46Albert 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 47The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 48Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 49Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 50Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 51Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 52St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 53First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 54SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 55St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 56Scripps College (from College)
Image 57Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 58Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 59György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 60A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 61Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 62Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 63Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 64Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 65City College of New York (from College)
Image 66Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 67Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 68Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 69Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 70Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

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