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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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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 decision Plessy v. Ferguson, which had held that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that had come to be known as "separate but equal". The Court's unanimous decision in Brown, and its related cases, paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement, and a model for many future impact litigation cases.

The case originated in 1951 when the public school system in Topeka, Kansas, refused to enroll local black resident Oliver Brown's daughter at the school closest to their home, instead requiring her to ride a bus to a segregated black school farther away. The Browns and twelve other local black families in similar situations filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. federal court against the Topeka Board of Education, alleging that its segregation policy was unconstitutional. A special three-judge court of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas heard the case and ruled against the Browns, relying on the precedent of Plessy and its "separate but equal" doctrine. The Browns, represented by NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall, then appealed the ruling directly to the Supreme Court. (Full article...)

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Katedralskolan (Swedish; "the Cathedral School"; colloquially Katte) is a school in Uppsala, Sweden that traces its history back to the 13th century, although the exact year it was founded is unknown. Alumni include King of Sweden Gustav I, Prime Minister of Sweden Erik Gustaf Boström, Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld, and three Nobel laureates.

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková (17 April 1868 – 16 October 1915) was a Moravian teacher, journal editor, and women's rights activist. Born into a family of progressive educators, she studied to become a teacher, graduating in 1886. Her Catholic education led her to more conservative values than her family's, but after teaching for several years, she began to recognize the disparities between women and men teachers, as well as those of their students. By 1898, she was publicly calling for equal pay for equal work and campaigning for equal education for boys and girls. In 1902, Wiedermannová founded and became chair of the Moravian Teachers Union, whose focus was to professionalize teaching standards. The following year, she opened a Girls' Academy in Brno, hoping later to include secondary education there. As the Austro-Hungarian Empire provided little funding for girls' education, she held lectures to provide for the operating costs of the academy. Finally in 1908, she successfully established the first girls' secondary school in Moravia.

That year, Wiedermannová founded and became the editor for Ženská revue (Women's Review), a magazine publishing articles on developments in the international women's movement. Also in 1908, she began an informal marriage with fellow teacher Vincenc Motyčka. As he was Catholic and unable to divorce his first wife, the two were not able to formalize their union, but she added his surname to her own. In 1909, she retired as a teacher to focus on activism. She became one of the most visible Czech feminists, presenting over a hundred lectures during her career. She founded numerous women's associations and in 1910 was instrumental in the creation of a regional umbrella organization, the Progressive Organization of Women in Moravia, actively committed to women's suffrage and the integration of women into all segments of public life. (Full article...)

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Image 1The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 2The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 3West 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 4Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 5Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 6One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 7Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 8Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 9Loyola 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 10Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 11Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 12City College of New York (from College)
Image 13Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 14A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 15Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 16King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 17Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 18Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 19A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 20First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 21World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
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(from History of education)
Image 22A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 23Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 24St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 25A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 26Albert 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 27Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 28Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 29Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 30Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 31Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 32Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 33To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 34Scripps College (from College)
Image 35RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 36Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 37The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 38Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 39The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 40Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 41SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 42A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 43Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 44Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 45King'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 46Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 47Pomona College (from College)
Image 48György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 49A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 50Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 51Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 52Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 53Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 54Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 55St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 56The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 57Bowdoin College (from College)

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