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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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Boston Latin School is a public exam school located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1635. It is the first public school and the oldest existing school in the United States.

The school's first class included nine students; the school now has 2,400 pupils drawn from all parts of Boston. Its graduates have included four Harvard presidents, eight Massachusetts state governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as several preeminent architects, a leading art historian, a notable naturalist and the conductors of the New York Philharmonic and Boston Pops orchestras. There are also several notable non-graduate alumni, including Louis Farrakhan, a leader of the Nation of Islam. Boston Latin admitted only male students at its founding in 1635. The school's first female student was admitted in the nineteenth century. In 1972, Boston Latin admitted its first co-educational class. (Full article...)

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The Royal College of Colombo (commonly known as Royal College) was founded in 1835 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School and provides both primary and secondary education. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka, producing the first Executive President of Sri Lanka, the last Sultan of the Maldives and also three Prime Ministers.

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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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Joseph Havens Richards SJ (born Havens Cowles Richards; November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent president of Georgetown University, where he instituted major reforms and significantly enhanced the quality and stature of the university. Richards was born to a prominent Ohio family; his father was an Episcopal priest who controversially converted to Catholicism and had the infant Richards secretly baptized as a Catholic.

Richards became the president of Georgetown University in 1888 and undertook significant construction, such as the completion of Healy Hall, which included work on Gaston Hall and Riggs Library, and the building of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards sought to transform Georgetown into a modern, comprehensive university. To that end, he bolstered the graduate programs, expanded the School of Medicine and Law School, established the Georgetown University Hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and recruited prominent faculty. He also navigated tensions with the newly established Catholic University of America, which was located in the same city. Richards fought anti-Catholic discrimination by Ivy League universities, resulting in Harvard Law School admitting graduates of some Jesuit universities. (Full article...)

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Image 1Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 2A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 3The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 4A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 5Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 6Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 7Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 8World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 9A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 10Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 11Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 12Albert 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 13György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 14SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 15Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 16Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 17The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 18First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 19Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 20Scripps College (from College)
Image 21Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 22Pomona College (from College)
Image 23Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 24Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 25A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 26Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 27The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 28West 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 29Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 30Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 31Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 32St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 33Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 34To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 35A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 36Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 37King'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 38RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 39Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 40Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 41A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 42Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 43The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 44The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 45Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 46Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 47Loyola 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 48Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 49One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 50St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 51City College of New York (from College)
Image 52Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 53Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 54Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 55King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 56Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 57Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)

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