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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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Arlington Senior High School was a public high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was located in the city's North End neighborhood, north of Downtown Saint Paul. Arlington opened on September 3, 1996, and was the districts first new high school since Humboldt Senior High School opened twenty years earlier.

By 2010, the school enrolled only 875 students in grades 9–12, despite having operated near its capacity of 2,000 most of the years it was open. The school consistently served a population that was around 95% students of color, 50-60% ELL, and 90-95% students on free/reduced price lunch. The school was closed after the 2010–2011 school year. (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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May

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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... that The Harvey School (pictured), a rural school in New York, was established to give an education to the founder's handicapped son?

... that Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as youth programs once led by Whitney Young?

... that since 2002, New York's Middletown High School has seen the district superintendent convicted of sexual abuse, had one principal resign and another suspended, had two student walkouts and was ordered to reinstate a teacher?

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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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... that Gret Palucca had to close her dance school in Dresden, Germany, in 1939 because of her Jewish descent, but reopened it in 1945?
... that a complaint signed by 52 people resulted in curriculum standards at New York State's private schools being subject to structured regulatory oversight for the very first time?
... that Nova Iriansyah, the governor of Aceh, was expelled from elementary school as a child?
... that Australia has three major Japanese language schools?
... that despite having never played college football, Henry Bell was able to make the roster of the NFL's Denver Broncos and served as one of the team's starting running backs in their inaugural season?
... 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 2023 NFL Draft pick Atonio Mafi played both on offense and defense during his college career, and shares a UCLA record with 56 games played?
... that YouTube channel Trial & Error's manner of selling live-show tickets—HK$10,000 on day one, $5,000 on day two, all the way to $10 on day 24—appeared on a university entrance exam?

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Image 1A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 2Albert 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 3First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 4György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 5The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 6King'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 7Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 8King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 9Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 10Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 11St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 12Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 13Scripps College (from College)
Image 14Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 15To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 16A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 17A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 18Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 19Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 20SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 21Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 22Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 23Loyola 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 24Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 25The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 26The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 27Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 28Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 29Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
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
- not available
(from History of education)
Image 31A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 32Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 33Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 34Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 35West 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 36RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 37Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 38A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 39Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 40The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 41Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 42Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 43Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 44Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 45Pomona College (from College)
Image 46Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 47A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 48Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 49Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 50Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 51City College of New York (from College)
Image 52Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 53Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 54One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 55Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 56The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 57St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)

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