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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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Charterhouse Square, home to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, University of London. Medical training has taken place at Barts continuously since its foundation in 1123. Its college of medicine was formally founded in 1843. Prior to this date, however, it was already referred to as a "medical school".

There are forty-six medical schools in the United Kingdom where students can study for a medical degree. There are thirty-six medical schools in England, five in Scotland, three in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

All but Warwick Medical School, Swansea Medical School and Ulster University offer undergraduate courses in medicine. The Bute Medical School (University of St Andrews) and Durham Medical School offer undergraduate pre-clinical courses only, with students proceeding to another medical school for clinical studies. Although Oxford University and Cambridge University offer both pre-clinical and clinical courses in medicine, students who study pre-clinical medicine at one of these universities may move to another university for clinical studies. At other universities students stay at the same university for both pre-clinical and clinical work. (Full article...)

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Robert College of Istanbul (Turkish: Istanbul Amerikan Robert Lisesi) is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. The Institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside of the United States, and has a long list of notable alumni, including Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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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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Charles Marvin Williams (April 20, 1917 – November 17, 2011) was an American finance professor at Harvard Business School. He was a recognized authority on commercial banking who taught his students using the case method.

Born in Romney, West Virginia in 1917, Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University and his master's degree from Harvard Business School. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, joining the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1947 and becoming a tenured professor in 1956. He retired from the school's faculty in 1986, concluding a four-decade teaching career. (Full article...)

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

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