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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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Pomona College (/pəˈmoʊnə/ ^ⓘ pə-MOH-nə) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions.

Pomona is a four-year undergraduate institution that enrolls approximately 0 students. It offers 48 majors in liberal arts disciplines and roughly 650 courses, as well as access to more than 2,000 additional courses at the other Claremont Colleges. Its 140-acre (57 ha) campus is in a residential community 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles, near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. (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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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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Image 1Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 2Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 3Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 4Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 5A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 6Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 7A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 8Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 9St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 10Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 11St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 12Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 13Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 14Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 15West 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 16Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 17Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 18King'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 19To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 20One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 21Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 22A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 23Scripps College (from College)
Image 24Aristotle 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 25The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 26The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 27Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 28Literacy 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 29Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 30Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 31A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 32Established 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 33Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 34Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 35Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 36Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 37Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 38Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 39A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 40Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 41Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 42Loyola 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 43World 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 44Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 45SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 46A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 47György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 48Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 49Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 50A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 51Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 52University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 53Pomona College (from College)
Image 54Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 55Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 56Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 57RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 58First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 59Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 60Istanbul 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 61Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 62Albert 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 63The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 64A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 65Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 66City College of New York (from College)
Image 67Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 68King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 69The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)

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