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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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The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training and educational research. In the 1960s, ACS became a regional research center and a leadership hub for independent schools, and began to focus on the education of the gifted.

The school has occupied several structures in its history, including a small cottage on the Coonley Estate in Riverside, Illinois, and another building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen, who was known as "dean of the world's landscape architects". The campus has been expanded several times since the 1980s to create more space for arts, technology, and classrooms. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, citing the "long-lasting influence on schools throughout the country" of the educational program and the design of the building and grounds. (Full article...)

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Melbourne High School is a selective state school for boys in years 9 to 12 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently ranked the second highest scoring school in Victoria, and the highest available for boys. Its sister school for girls is the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Alumni range from Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, to Nick Green, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing.

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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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Mom Luang Pin Malakul (Thai: หม่อมหลวงปิ่น มาลากุล; 24 October 1903 – 5 October 1995) was a Thai professor, educator and writer. His contributions to education in Thailand include the establishment of various institutions of higher education, the introduction of fixed class schedules, and the implementation of teacher-training programmes. In his career he served as Director-General of the Department of General Education, later becoming Permanent Secretary, and Minister, of Education. He was also a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO. His writings earned him the title of National Artist in 1987, and the 100th anniversary of his birth was celebrated by the UNESCO in 2003 as recognition of his contribution to the advancement of education in Thailand and Southeast Asia. (Full article...)

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... that Vivian Smith was the first black student to earn a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Northern Iowa?
... that enrollment at a school for African-American students in Virginia grew from 14 pupils to 1,300 in its first ten years?
... that Elise Reiman, who taught children's classes at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet for four decades, was called "the bridge between generations"?
... that Home Depot CEO Ted Decker ran his own landscaping business in high school?
... that both siblings of number-one NCAA Division I tennis player Fiona Crawley also played college tennis?
... that Elisabeth Waterhouse founded the National Chamber Music Course summer school in 1974 and has managed it since?
... that although some of the players on Liberty Christian Preparatory School's eight-man football team had never played tackle football before, the team won the state championship in its first season?
... that American author Julie Jensen McDonald's first story was sold to a Sunday school paper for US$6.50?

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

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