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Introduction

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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Dr. Holbrook's Military School, c. 1900

Dr. Holbrook's Military School was a military academy and boarding school for boys. The school was located in the town of Ossining and overlooked the Hudson River. After the 1906 annexation of Scarborough by the village of Briarcliff Manor, Holbrook's became part of the village within Ossining.

The school was founded in 1864 as Mr. Tracy's School. In 1866, after David A. Holbrook purchased the school, it became known as Dr. Holbrook's Military School. The school ran until 1915, after which it was used in World War I as a field hospital and headquarters to a New York Guard regiment. From 1919 until at least 1927, the school served as the Teachers College Country Club. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.

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1922 – Institut Le Rosey's first alumni association, the "Old Rosey Association," is created in Switzerland

1925 – In the Scopes Trial, the Criminal Court of Tennessee upholds the Bulter Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." The case was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy.

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1988 – The Education Reform Act of 1988 is introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring that state schools of all Local Education Authorities have a common curriculum.

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1881 – Permission is received from Her Majesty Queen Victoria to rename Colombo Academy and Queens College in Sri Lanka to Royal College, Colombo

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...that the currently abandoned Old High School of Music (pictured) in Rousse, Bulgaria has previously housed a primary school, a junior high school, a university, and a trade school?

...that the Poplar Tree Elementary School building was damaged by boulders from blasting works during its construction, and it initially had no playground?

... that despite over 85% of American Indian students giving it their support, mascot controversy at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota resulted in the abandonment of its Indians mascot?

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Portrait of Davis (1928)

Ethel Elizabeth McGhee Davis (November 30, 1899 – July 13, 1990) was an American educator, social worker, and college administrator. She served as the student adviser (1928–1931) and as the Dean of Women (1931–1932) for Spelman College in Atlanta.

Raised in Greenville, Georgia, Davis attended elementary and high school at Spelman College, where she graduated in 1919. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in 1923 and earned her diploma in social work from the New York School of Social Work in 1925. Davis became the first African American professional social worker in Englewood, New Jersey, when she accepted the position of Director of Social Work at the Social Service Federation for Englewood's African American community in 1925. (Full article...)

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... that Jordan Murphy finished his college career ranked second in Big Ten Conference career rebounds, behind Jerry Lucas?
... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country being invaded?
... that Charles Baudelaire wrote "The Pagan School" in opposition to the veneration of Pan in 19th-century France?
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... that Angela Diaz was accepted into Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons despite not taking the standard medical school exams or paying the $15 application fee?
... that Frank Jeremiah Armstrong, the first African-American graduate of Cornell College, became an assistant to Booker T. Washington?
... that in 1981 Indiana State University–Evansville received a donation valued at nearly $300,000 in the form of campus radio station WSWI?
... that as a high schooler in 2018, Logan O'Hoppe caught a home-run ball at Yankee Stadium hit by visiting player Manny Machado and was televised throwing it back on the field?

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Image 1Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 2Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 3SUNY Purchase 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 5The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 6Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 7Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 8Pomona College (from College)
Image 9Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 10Loyola 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 11A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 12Scripps College (from College)
Image 13St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 14Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 15Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 16The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 17Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 18Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 19World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 20A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 21Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 22King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 23City College of New York (from College)
Image 24Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 25A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 26Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 27The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 28Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 29A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 30György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
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 32Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 33A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 34Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 35The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 36A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 37Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 38Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 39Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 40Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 41Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 42West 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 43Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 44RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 45Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 46First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 47Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 48One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 49Albert 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 50Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 51Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 52Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 53Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 54St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 55The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 56Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 57Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)