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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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Romney Academy was an institution for higher education in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States. Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. In addition to the Romney Classical Institute, Romney Academy was also a forerunner institution to Potomac Seminary. Romney Academy was one of the earliest institutions for higher learning within the present boundaries of the state of West Virginia.

With the growth of settlement in Pearsall's Flats, which was later the location of Romney, the need for educational facilities became apparent and the community began plans for the establishment of schools and churches. A log structure, which served as both a school and a church, was built at Pearsall's Flats around 1752 near Fort Pearsall. By the time the town of Romney was laid out in 1762, the log school was still in existence. That year, a stone school building was erected on the site to the immediate north of the old Hampshire County Courthouse and became known as Romney Academy. (Full article...)

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Samuel Phillips Hall at Phillips Academy

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Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously running incorporated boarding school in the United States. Among other notable alumni, Andover has educated two American Presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, Law and Order creator Dick Wolf, four Medal of Honor recipients, inventor Samuel Morse, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..

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August

In the United States, August is National Back to School Month.

Filipino schools and theaters celebrate Filipino Language Month ("Buwan ng Wika") in August.

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1949 – Reconstruction of Rizal High School in the Philippines, the largest secondary school in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is completed after the original building was destroyed from carpet-bombing by American Liberation Forces during World War II.

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2005 – Hurricane Katrina damages or destroys more than 100 of the 128 school buildings under the school district New Orleans Public Schools.

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Mary Carpenter (3 April 1807 – 14 June 1877) was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol.

She published articles and books on her work and her lobbying was instrumental in the passage of several educational acts in the mid-nineteenth century. She was the first woman to have a paper published by the Statistical Society of London. She addressed many conferences and meetings and became known as one of the foremost public speakers of her time. Carpenter was active in the anti-slavery movement; she also visited India, visiting schools and prisons and working to improve female education, establish reformatory schools and improve prison conditions. In later years she visited Europe and America, carrying on her campaigns of penal and educational reform. (Full article...)

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

Image 1Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 2Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 3King'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 4RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 5Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 6Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 7Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 8Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 9György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 10A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 11Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 12Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 13A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 14Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 15Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 16Scripps College (from College)
Image 17Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 18SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 19Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 20City College of New York (from College)
Image 21The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 22A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 23Pomona College (from College)
Image 24The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 25Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 26Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 27Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 28The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 29King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 30Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 31Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 32Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 33Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 34St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 35Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 36Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 37The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 38St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 39Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 40One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 41Albert 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 42Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 43Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 44Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 45A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 46Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 47First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 48West 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 49Loyola 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 50World 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 51Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 52The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 53To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 54Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 55Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 56A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 57A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 58A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)