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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 City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a private day school for boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, opposite Tate Modern. It is a partner school of the City of London School for Girls and the City of London Freemen's School. All three schools receive funding from the City's Cash. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It is one of the most academically selective and successful schools in the country.

The school was founded by a private Act of Parliament in 1834, following a bequest of land in 1442 for poor children in the City of London. The original school was established at Milk Street, moving first to the Victoria Embankment in 1879 and subsequently to its present site on Queen Victoria Street in 1986. (Full article...)

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The Royal College of Colombo (commonly known as Royal College) was founded in 1835 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School and provides both primary and secondary education. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka, producing the first Executive President of Sri Lanka, the last Sultan of the Maldives and also three Prime Ministers.

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1958 – A fire breaks out at the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, killing a total of 92 pupils and 3 nuns. The severity of the fire shocks the United States and leads to major improvements in standards for school design and fire safety codes.

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1884 - Moose Jaw School District #1 and Qu'Appelle School District #2 were formally established Dec. 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education for the North West Territories, Canada

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1891 – James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

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2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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... that taxpayers of Palenville, New York argued so bitterly over the costs of Rowena Memorial School (pictured) that some called for it to be demolished?

... that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York?

... that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?

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Francis Dzierozynski (born Franciszek Dzierożyński; January 3, 1779 – September 22, 1850) was a Polish Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent missionary to the United States. Born in the town of Orsha, in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus), he entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained a priest in 1806. He taught and studied in Polotsk and Mogilev until leading students in an escape from the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He returned to Polotsk, where he taught until the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Russian Empire in 1820. Thereafter, he took up teaching in Bologna, Italy.

The Jesuit Superior General sent Dzierozynski to the United States as a missionary the following year. He was given broad authority over the Jesuits' Maryland Mission, and taught at Georgetown College while learning English. In 1823, he was appointed the superior of the Maryland Mission, with jurisdiction over all the Jesuits in the United States. During his term, he continued teaching at Georgetown, where he was also master of novices. As superior, he reconciled the Society of Jesus and the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, a holdover from the period of suppression of the Jesuits that owned most of the American Jesuits' property, and oversaw the transition of Saint Louis College into a Jesuit institution. He also was involved in significant disputes with the American bishops, especially Ambrose Maréchal, with whom his quarrel over the ownership of valuable White Marsh Manor, endured for many years and involved such prominent figures as John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Roger Taney, Luigi Fortis, and Pope Pius VII. (Full article...)

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... that Charley Frazier played in the American Football League even though he did not play college football?
... that the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India?
... that the Orangeburg Massacre was the first time police shot and killed students on an American university campus?
... that Philip Kreyenbroek taught Iranian studies at the University of Göttingen due to his interest in Yazidi traditions and the fact that about half of the Yazidi diaspora lived in Germany at the time?
... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included a WASP pilot, a World War II Marine, a "Chickie", a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, a world-champion softball player, an All-College basketball player, the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States, a professor and a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and a resident of Atlantis?
... that Johnny Peirson signed with the Boston Bruins to earn some extra money for his education at McGill University?
... that due to a dispute over who owned a road in Delta County, Michigan, eight school children missed two weeks of school?
... that Vito Trause, who dropped out of high school during his junior year to join the United States Army in 1943, received his high school diploma at the age of 92?

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Image 1Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 2Pomona College (from College)
Image 3Scripps College (from College)
Image 4Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 5A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 6The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the middle ages. (from History of education)
Image 7First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 8Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 9St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 10Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 11St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 12Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 13Vocational school in Nurmijärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 14SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 15A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 16One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 17Albert 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 18RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka. (from College)
Image 19Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 20Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 21King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 22Based around the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Notre Dame School was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 23Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 24Vammala's vocational school in Sastamala, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 25A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 26The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 27Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 28The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 29György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 30City College of New York (from College)
Image 31Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 32Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 33World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
- 0.850–0.899
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(from History of education)
Image 34Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 35Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 36A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 37The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 38Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 39A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 40The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 41Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 42Loyola 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 43A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 44Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 45Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 46To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 47Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 48West 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 49The Oberlin Conservatory of Music shares its campus with Oberlin College. (from Music school)
Image 50Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 51Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University, has more than 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 52Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 53Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 54Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 55Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 56Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 57King'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 58Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)

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