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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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Phillips Exeter Academy Library is a library that serves Phillips Exeter Academy, an independent boarding school located in Exeter, New Hampshire. It is the largest secondary school library in the world, containing 160,000 volumes over nine levels with a shelf capacity of 250,000 volumes.

When it became clear in the 1950s that the library had outgrown its existing building, the school initially hired an architect who proposed a traditional design for the new building. Deciding instead to construct a library with a contemporary design, the school gave the commission to Louis Kahn in 1965. The library opened in 1971. In 1997 the library received the Twenty-five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects, an award that recognizes architecture of enduring significance that is given to no more than one building per year. (Full article...)

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Upper Canada College (UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys in downtown Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1829, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is often described as the most prestigious preparatory school in Canada. At least thirty-nine former students have been inducted into the Order of Canada.

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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 restoration of the Old Savannah School House was the first project undertaken by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands after its creation?

... that Samuel Johnson failed to get a job at Brewood Grammar School because headmaster William Budworth was concerned with Johnson's head movements?

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided as president or leader for a myriad of African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division.

She started a private school for African-American students which later became Bethune-Cookman University. She was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter, and she held a leadership position for the American Women's Voluntary Services founded by Alice Throckmorton McLean. Bethune wrote prolifically, publishing in several periodicals from 1924 to 1955. (Full article...)

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... that psychologist Janis Sanchez-Hucles was only the second person of color to earn a PhD in psychology from the University of North Carolina?
... that Winchester College football used to be played on top of a hill, with a line of boys on each side to keep the ball from rolling away?
... that not so much as a "hell" or "damn" was permitted at G. D. Sweet Famous Players' "Sunday school" productions?
... that an abandoned Catholic church in China was used by a party school?

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The following are images from various school-related articles on Wikipedia.

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