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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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Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a liberal arts focus and selective admissions criteria located in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is the third-oldest active public high school in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.

The school is situated on a 38 acres (0.15 km²) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) Gothic tower. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.

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1878 – Phillips Academy plays a game of football against Phillips Exeter Academy, starting one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States

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1900 – Kyunggi High School, the oldest modern secondary school in Korea, opens in South Korea under an edict by King Gojong

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1959 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

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1966 – The Plowden Report reviews Primary education in England in a wholesale fashion.

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... that the Nebraska School for the Deaf became nationally known within the Deaf community for its fight against an anti-American Sign Language state bill endorsed by Alexander Graham Bell?

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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death.

Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the 1930s and helped to form post-Second World War attitudes to unemployment and social justice. (Full article...)

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... that Nick Kerbawy did not receive his college tennis championship trophy until 14 years after winning it?
... that Edward A. McGurk disbanded the College of the Holy Cross's football team because he did not want it playing outside Worcester?

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Image 1Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 2Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 3RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 4SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 5First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 6Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 7Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 8Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 9A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 10Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 11A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 12The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
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 14Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 15A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 16A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 17King'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 18Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 19Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 20St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 21Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 22Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 23University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 24Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 25Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 26Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 27A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 28Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 29The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 30Albert 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 31Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 32West 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 33Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 34Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 35Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 36A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 37King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 38Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 39City College of New York (from College)
Image 40Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 41Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 42The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 43Scripps College (from College)
Image 44Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 45A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 46Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 47World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 48Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 49St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 50Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 51Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 52Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 53Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 54Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 55Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 56A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 57Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 58Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 59Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 60Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 61One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 62György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 63Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 64Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 65Loyola 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 66Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 67The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 68Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 69Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 70Pomona College (from College)

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