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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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Stonyhurst College is a co-educational Catholic private school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition, on the Stonyhurst Estate, Lancashire, England. It occupies a Grade I listed building. The school has been fully co-educational since 1999.

A precursor institution of the college was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. After moving to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773, the college was headed for oblivion, but for the generosity of an old boy, Thomas Weld (of Lulworth), who intervened. Weld's enormous benefaction enabled the expatriated school to establish itself on English soil in 1794 when it was granted the Stonyhurst estate. It provides boarding and day education to approximately 450 boys and girls aged 13–18. On an adjacent site, its preparatory school, St Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3–13. (Full article...)

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Auckland Grammar School is a boys-only state secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. Established in 1850, it is one of the largest schools in New Zealand, with approximately 2,760 boys in 2008. Auckland Grammar School contains two Category I historic places, which are the school's main block and a war memorial. Alumni range from explorer Sir Edmund Hillary to actor Russell Crowe.

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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 restoration of the Old Savannah School House was the first project undertaken by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands after its creation?

... that Samuel Johnson failed to get a job at Brewood Grammar School because headmaster William Budworth was concerned with Johnson's head movements?

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Marion Luther Brittain Sr. (November 11, 1866 – July 13, 1953) was an American academic administrator and longest serving president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and, aside from a brief stint at the University of Chicago for graduate school, spent most of his life serving the educational community there. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory College in 1886, Brittain worked his way up the ranks from principal of an Atlanta high school to superintendent of education for the entire state of Georgia.

In 1922, Brittain accepted the position of president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, then called the Georgia School of Technology, an office he would hold until his retirement in 1944. During his 22-year tenure at Georgia Tech, Brittain was credited with doubling student enrollment, establishing what is now the second-largest aerospace engineering faculty in the United States, and playing an influential role in securing Georgia Tech's position as a leading technical institute and research university. After his retirement, Brittain wrote The Story of Georgia Tech (1948), a history of the Institute published shortly before his death in 1953. (Full article...)

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... that Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump, played football for Liverpool?
... that the documentary Boggy Creek Monster, about the Fouke Monster, had its first screening at a middle school?
... that Michigan's victory in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship marked their first outright national championship since 1948?
... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball?
... that Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant winner Louisa Mak is a Cambridge law graduate?
... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College?
... that prior to entering politics, Bonifasius Belawan Geh collected edible bird's nests from the jungle after dropping out of college?

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Image 1Scripps College (from College)
Image 2A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 3Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 4Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 5Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (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 7Albert 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 8World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 0.900–0.949
- 0.850–0.899
- 0.800–0.849
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- 0.600–0.649
- 0.550–0.599
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(from History of education)
Image 9King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 10Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 11A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 12First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 13Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 14Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 15Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 16György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 17Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 18The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 19Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 20Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 21Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 22Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 23To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 24Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 25A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 26St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 27Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 28RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 29The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 30The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 31Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 32Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 33Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 34Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 35Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 36City College of New York (from College)
Image 37SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 38King'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 39Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 40Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 41Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 42Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 43Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 44Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 45Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (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 47Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 48Pomona College (from College)
Image 49Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 50The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 51St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 52One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 53A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 54Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 55A school building in Kannur, India (from 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 madrasah in the Gambia (from School)

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