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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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Carlton le Willows Academy is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is part of the Delta Academies Trust.

Recruiting its first pupils in 1953, on-site teaching was introduced in the following year and the school was officially opened in 1956. Consequently, the modern school speculates Carlton le Willows to have been founded as the first post-war grammar school in England. Its campus was split from 1962 when a separate secondary technical school, Carlton le Willows Technical Grammar School, was established. The schools unified in 1973 and converted to a single comprehensive school; two local secondary modern schools, both founded in the early 20th-century, were also implicated in the merger. Carlton le Willows was granted specialist Technology College status from 2002 until 2010, became a foundation school in 2007 and converted into an academy in 2011. (Full article...)

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Gordonstoun is a Scottish co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn, it is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Charles, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun.

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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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Eleanor Sophia Smith (June 15, 1858 – June 30, 1942) was an American composer and music educator. She was one of the founders of Chicago's Hull House Music School, and headed its music department from 1893 to 1936.

Born into a musical family, Smith taught herself to play the piano and later became a classically trained musician. Earning a teaching degree, she began publishing music compositions for children using the philosophy of Friedrich Fröbel, advocating for less memorization and drilling and more attention to intuitive appreciation of music. Studying composition and voice in Germany, she also toured the country observing choirs and their teaching techniques. (Full article...)

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

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