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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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Romney Academy was an educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. In addition to the Romney Classical Institute, Romney Academy was also a forerunner institution to Potomac Seminary. Romney Academy was one of the earliest institutions for higher learning within the present boundaries of the state of West Virginia.

With the growth of settlement in Pearsall's Flats, which was later the location of Romney, the need for educational facilities became apparent and the community began plans for the establishment of schools and churches. A log structure, which served as both a school and a church, was built at Pearsall's Flats around 1752 near Fort Pearsall. To provide for a teacher's payment, a form was circulated around Romney and each parent indicated on the paper how many of their children would attend the school and the type of payment the teacher would expect. By the time Romney was surveyed by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron laid out the town of Romney in 1762, the log school was still in existence. That year, a stone school building was erected on the site to the immediate north of the old Hampshire County Courthouse and became known as Romney Academy. (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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... that three protesters were killed near a Cape Town school by armed police hidden in a "Trojan Horse" vehicle?

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Mary Carpenter (3 April 1807 – 14 June 1877) was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol.

She published articles and books on her work and her lobbying was instrumental in the passage of several educational acts in the mid-nineteenth century. She was the first woman to have a paper published by the Statistical Society of London. She addressed many conferences and meetings and became known as one of the foremost public speakers of her time. Carpenter was active in the anti-slavery movement; she also visited India, visiting schools and prisons and working to improve female education, establish reformatory schools and improve prison conditions. In later years she visited Europe and America, carrying on her campaigns of penal and educational reform. (Full article...)

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... that Turkish international soccer player Rojin Polat was named member of the "2021 All Schools Merit Girls Team" in New South Wales, Australia?
... that Ormond Beatty was the first Centre College president who was not a minister?
... that Theo Benedet is the first offensive lineman to be named the best Canadian university football lineman two years in a row?
... that the Alma Mater statue at Columbia University was damaged by an explosion during student protests in 1970?
... that Dan Lanning, who coached his final game at Georgia in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, will face Georgia in his first game as the new head coach at Oregon?
... that Home Depot CEO Ted Decker ran his own landscaping business in high school?
... that some California schoolchildren build dioramas when learning about their state's Spanish missions?
... that Papuan anthropologist Marlina Flassy is the first woman to be appointed a dean at Cenderawasih University?

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

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