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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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Bergen katedralskole (English: Bergen Cathedral School, Latin: Schola Cathedralis Bergensis, colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. The school is thought to have been founded in 1153 by Nicholas Breakspear (later Pope Adrian IV). The school has a reputation as a prestigious school, because of its history and high grade requirements. Its alumni includes Frederik Stang, Norway's first prime minister.

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1958 – A fire breaks out at the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, killing a total of 92 pupils and 3 nuns. The severity of the fire shocks the United States and leads to major improvements in standards for school design and fire safety codes.

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1884 - Moose Jaw School District #1 and Qu'Appelle School District #2 were formally established Dec. 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education for the North West Territories, Canada

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1891 – James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

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2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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Francis Xavier Talbot SJ (January 25, 1889 – December 3, 1953) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was active in Catholic literary and publishing circles, and became the President of Loyola College in Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1906, and was educated at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and Woodstock College. He taught for several years in New York City and at Boston College, before entering publishing as the literary editor of America magazine in 1923, of which he became the editor-in-chief in 1936. While in this role, he was also active in founding and editing several academic journals, including Thought, and establishing various Catholic literary societies and book clubs. During World War II, he was chaplain to a Catholic organization that previewed movies for the National Legion of Decency. He also supported Franco's rule in Spain because of its support of Catholicism and opposition to communism; he also supported the US war effort. He was described as one of the early leaders of the revival of Catholic literature in the United States.

In 1947, Talbot was named the President of Loyola College in Maryland. He held the office for three years and then was briefly an archivist at Georgetown University before becoming a priest and historian of St. Aloysius Church. He was then assigned to Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, where he died. (Full article...)

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

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