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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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North Community High School, or simply North, is a four-year public comprehensive high school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The school has existed for over 120 years in several buildings all located on the city's northside. Minneapolis North once had a predominantly Jewish student body but by 1982, the school and the neighborhood it is located in had become mostly African American. Desegregation efforts, such as magnet school programs, have attempted to attract students from throughout Minneapolis and nearby suburbs. KBEM-FM, established by Minneapolis Public Schools in 1970, is operated partially by North students and has been located at the school since 1985. (Full article...)

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Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík or MR is the oldest gymnasium (Icelandic: Menntaskóli) in Reykjavík, Iceland. Many Icelandic politicians, including former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson and the current President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, attended MR. Almost every Prime Minister of Iceland has been educated at the school apart from Halldór Ásgrímsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson and Þorsteinn Pálsson.

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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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... that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York?

... that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?

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Francis Dzierozynski (born Franciszek Dzierożyński; January 3, 1779 – September 22, 1850) was a Polish Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent missionary to the United States. Born in the town of Orsha, in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus), he entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained a priest in 1806. He taught and studied in Polotsk and Mogilev until leading students in an escape from the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He returned to Polotsk, where he taught until the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Russian Empire in 1820. Thereafter, he took up teaching in Bologna, Italy.

The Jesuit Superior General sent Dzierozynski to the United States as a missionary the following year. He was given broad authority over the Jesuits' Maryland Mission, and taught at Georgetown College while learning English. In 1823, he was appointed the superior of the Maryland Mission, with jurisdiction over all the Jesuits in the United States. During his term, he continued teaching at Georgetown, where he was also master of novices. As superior, he reconciled the Society of Jesus and the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, a holdover from the period of suppression of the Jesuits that owned most of the American Jesuits' property, and oversaw the transition of Saint Louis College into a Jesuit institution. He also was involved in significant disputes with the American bishops, especially Ambrose Maréchal, with whom his quarrel over the ownership of valuable White Marsh Manor, endured for many years and involved such prominent figures as John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Roger Taney, Luigi Fortis, and Pope Pius VII. (Full article...)

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... that Prawoto Mangkusasmito did not complete law school before the Japanese invaded because he was too busy with student and political organizations?
... that in college, American football lineman Zack Johnson played directly next to Zack Johnson?
... that Cora Agnes Benneson, one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"?
... that Nova Iriansyah, the governor of Aceh, was expelled from elementary school as a child?
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... that Florida State's exclusion from the 2023–24 College Football Playoff prompted an antitrust investigation?
... that after Bishop Sycamore High School lost a televised football game 58–0, it was reported that the school did not teach its students?
... that the Iowa state auditor Rob Sand modeled in Milan and Paris while he was in college?

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Image 1The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 2Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 3Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 4György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 5St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 6SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 7City College of New York (from College)
Image 8Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 9Albert 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 10A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 11Pomona College (from College)
Image 12Loyola 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 13Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 14First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 15RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 16A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 17World 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 18Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 19Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 20Scripps College (from College)
Image 21Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 22Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 23Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 24St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 25A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 26Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 27Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 28Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 29A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 30Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 31The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 32Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 33The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 34West 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 35King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 36King'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 37Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 38The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 39A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 40Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 41Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 42Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 43The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 44Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 45Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 46A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 47To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 48Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 49One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 50Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 51Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 52Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 53Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 54Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 55Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 56Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 57Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)