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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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Port Charlotte High School (PCHS) is a four-year, comprehensive, U.S. public high school located in Port Charlotte, Florida and is located adjacent to Charlotte Technical College. The school opened in 1981, graduated its first class in 1984, its mascot is the pirate, and the school motto is "Yes, I am a Pirate." It is operated by Charlotte County Public Schools.

At one point in time, Port Charlotte High School was the largest high school in Charlotte County, with 2,082 students enrolled in grades Grades 9 through 12. Enrollment was traditionally based on students' geographic locations, but is now by choice under the more recently created open enrollment program. (Full article...)

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Shenandoah Valley Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational parochial boarding school located in New Market, Virginia. It is ranked as one of the best private schools in Virginia for getting into top ivy, little ivy, and public ivy universities. Pictured is the original building at Shenandoah Valley Academy pictured in 1924.

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May

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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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... that the Liberty Colored High School (pictured), built to replace a Rosenwald school for African-American students in Liberty, South Carolina, is now the Rosenwood community center?
... that Konawaena High School's 18th place finish in the 1990 World Solar Challenge was the basis for the 1996 film Race the Sun?
... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960?

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Béla Heinrich Bánáthy (Hungarian: Bánáthy Béla; December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003) was a Hungarian-American linguist, and Professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. He is known as founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program, established the International Systems Institute in 1982, and was co-founder of the General Evolutionary Research Group in 1984.

He grew up in largely rural Hungary and served in the Hungarian military during World War II. When Russia invaded Hungary in April 1945, he and his family fled to Allied-occupied Austria and lived in a displaced persons camp for six years. In 1951, they emigrated to Chicago, sponsored by the Presbyterian church. Within the year his former commanding officer suggested to the U.S. government that they hire Bánáthy as a Hungarian instructor at the Army Language School in Monterey, California. While living in Monterey, he founded the White Stag Leadership Development Program. (Full article...)

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... that King Bataha Santiago's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old?
... that a recent New York Times article recommended four educational charities: Catherine Omanyo's school, Children International, Khan Academy and the Wikimedia Foundation?
... that within a year after the first Black Student Union was founded at San Francisco State College in March 1966, it had a presence at every state college in California?
... that Judith Schiff, as chief research archivist at the Yale University Library, helped determine that skeletons exposed by a tree uprooted by Hurricane Sandy dated to the 18th century?
... that Saudi Arabian historian Sa'd ibn Junaydil took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
... that elementary school students named the Wooden Warrior roller coaster?
... that Benjamin F. Gue, who co-founded Iowa State University, allowed women to become students there despite much opposition?
... that Washington College is investigating the possibility of turning the Chestertown Armory into a bed and breakfast?

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

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