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A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually 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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The history of The Baltimore City College began in March 1839, when the City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, passed a resolution mandating the creation of a male high school with a focus on the study of English and classical literature. "The High School" (later becoming The Baltimore City College) was opened later in the same year on October 20, with 46 pupils under the direction of Professor Nathan C. Brooks,(1809-1898), a local noted classical educator and poet, who became the first principal of a new type of higher institution in the developing public education system in the city begun in 1829. It is now considered to be the third oldest public high school / secondary school in the nation. In 1850, the Baltimore City Council granted the school, then known as the "Central High School of Baltimore", the authority to present its graduates with certificates of completion. An effort to expand that academic power and allow the then named "Central High School of Baltimore" to confer Bachelor of Arts degrees began following the Civil War in 1865, and continued the following year with the renaming of the institution as "The Baltimore City College", which it still holds to this day, with also the retitling of its chief academic officer from "principal" to "president", along with an increase in the number of years of its course of study and the expansion of its courses. However, despite this early elevation effort, it ended at that brief period unsuccessfully in 1869, although the B.C.C. continued for a number of years as a hybrid public high school and early form of junior college (later known as community college) which did not fully appear in America in different form until the beginning of the 20th century. Very often the elaborate decorative fancy engraved graduation diploma from the B.C.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was accepted by many other colleges and universities entitling City graduates to enter upper-division schools at the sophomore year, (which was also coincidentally a privilege also accorded to its later local academic and athletic rival for 127 years - "Poly", the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, founded 1883 as the Baltimore Manual Training School, later renamed 1893).

As the importance of higher education increased in the early 20th century, the High School's priorities shifted to preparing students for college. In 1927, only one year before the school moved from its home at Howard and Centre Streets for 53 years to the magnificent stone "Castle on the Hill" on "Collegian Hill", the academic program was further changed, when the City College divided its curriculum into two tracks: the standard college preparatory program, or "'B' Course", and a more rigorous stiff "Advanced College Prep" curriculum, the famed "'A' Course" of study focusing on humanities, social studies, liberal arts and the Classics. (also available in the mathematics/science/technology fields in a more structured form with little options/electives at "Poly" and at Western and Eastern High Schools for girls). (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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1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history.

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1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts

2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

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1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war.

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Carmen Casco de Lara Castro (17 June 1918 – 8 May 1993) was a Paraguayan teacher, women's and human rights advocate, and politician. She established one of the first independent human rights organizations in Latin America and fought for both women's equality and an end to state-sponsored terrorism under the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. She was influential in passing legislation for pay equity and maternity rights, as well as securing the repeal of laws curtailing basic human rights.

Born into an influential family, Casco was educated as a teacher and taught from the end of the 1930s to 1965. Having relatives sent into exile and witnessing the devastation of two wars, she was propelled into working to alleviate the suffering of those who were more marginalized than she. Initially she began working on issues involving women and political prisoners. When elected to serve on the 1967 Constitutional Assembly, she worked to have basic human rights added to the Paraguayan Constitution. One of the founders of the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights of Paraguay, she became its president and served in that capacity until her death. Unable to prosecute those who abused others' liberties, the organization focused on providing aid to victims but also compiled information on those who had been forcibly "disappeared". (Full article...)

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... that football coach Dim Montero was considered such a great recruiter that it was said he "could pick up a rock and find an outstanding football prospect"?
... that Alfred de Laage de Meux received the rank of brevet without completing aviation school?
... that "Segne, Vater, diese Gaben", a round for saying grace of unknown authorship, has appeared in German collections for kindergarten, schools and events for young people?
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
... that college football player Jack Browning was named All–Mountain West Conference at three different positions in 2022?

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Image 1Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 2Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 3Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 4To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 5A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 6A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 7Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 8A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 9Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 10Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 11Pomona College (from College)
Image 12St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 13Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 14World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 15Loyola 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 16Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 17Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 18The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 19Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 20Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 21SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 22First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 23The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 24University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 25King'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 26St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 27Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 28Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 29Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 30Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 31Literacy 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 32Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 33Scripps College (from College)
Image 34Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 35Istanbul 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 36Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 37Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 38Aristotle 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 39The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 40West 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 41Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 42Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 43Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 44Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 45A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 46Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 47A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 48King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 49Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 50Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 51Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 52Established 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 53A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 54Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 55Albert 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 56City College of New York (from College)
Image 57György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 58A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 59Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 60Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 61Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 62RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 63Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 64Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 65Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 66One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 67Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 68A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 69Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 70The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)

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