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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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The Royal College of Elizabeth, better known as Elizabeth College, is a co-educational independent school in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. A member of the HMC (The Heads' Conference), it is a public school in the British sense of the term. Founded on 25 May 1563 by royal charter from Elizabeth I, it is one of the oldest schools in the British Isles and the oldest public school in the Channel Islands.

The school endured a turbulent two and a half centuries after its foundation, with several principals being dismissed or resigning following disputes with the local authorities. In 1824, it was re-chartered with new staff and an improved curriculum to attract fee-paying pupils from England. During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the school was evacuated to Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. Having been a boarding school since its foundation, the decline in the number of pupils admitted as boarders following the world war period meant the school became a day school in 1996. The school became co-educational in 2021. (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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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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... after being headmaster of St. Bees School, George Mallaby joined the army, rose to Colonel, became High Commissioner to New Zealand, and was knighted?

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Béla Heinrich Bánáthy (Hungarian: Bánáthy Béla; December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003) was a Hungarian-American linguist, and Professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. He is known as founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program, established the International Systems Institute in 1982, and was co-founder of the General Evolutionary Research Group in 1984.

He grew up in largely rural Hungary and served in the Hungarian military during World War II. When Russia invaded Hungary in April 1945, he and his family fled to Allied-occupied Austria and lived in a displaced persons camp for six years. In 1951, they emigrated to Chicago, sponsored by the Presbyterian church. Within the year his former commanding officer suggested to the U.S. government that they hire Bánáthy as a Hungarian instructor at the Army Language School in Monterey, California. While living in Monterey, he founded the White Stag Leadership Development Program. (Full article...)

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... that Cambridge don R. R. Bolgar was heard to say that if it had not been for a misfortune, he might well have supported the Nazis as a landowner in Moravia and been murdered by the Russians?
... that even though Charles P. Adams meant to hire someone else, Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones remained at Grambling State University for 51 years?
... that Yeshiva University basketball star Dave Kufeld was the first Orthodox Jew ever to be selected in the NBA draft?
... that vaccine coverage at schools around the Disneyland Resort was too low for herd immunity when measles broke out in 2014?
... that railway engineer Henry Ketchum earned the first diploma in civil engineering granted by the University of New Brunswick?
... that Foster Loyer broke Michigan's high-school and Steph Curry's Davidson records for consecutive free throws?
... that first-team All-American soccer player Jordynn Dudley holds her high school's basketball scoring record?
... that students and faculty from Fuchs Mizrachi School protested at Nazi guard John Demjanjuk's home in 1993, objecting to his release from Israeli prison and residence in the United States?

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Image 1Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 2Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 3Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 4Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 5First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 6Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 7Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 8Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 9Pomona College (from College)
Image 10City College of New York (from College)
Image 11Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 12To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 13King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 14The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 15A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 16A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 17The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 18Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 19Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 20Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 21A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 22Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 23Scripps College (from College)
Image 24RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 25Albert 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 26St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 27SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 28A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 29Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 30World 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
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(from History of education)
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 32St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 33A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 34A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 35The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 36Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 37Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 38Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 39Loyola 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 40One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 41Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 42Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 43Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 44Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 45West 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 46György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 47Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 48Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 49Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 50Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 51Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 52Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 53Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 54The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 55Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 56The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 57Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

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