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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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Arlington Senior High School was a public high school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was located in the city's North End neighborhood, north of Downtown Saint Paul. Arlington opened on September 3, 1996, and was the districts first new high school since Humboldt Senior High School opened twenty years earlier.

By 2010, the school enrolled only 875 students in grades 9–12, despite having operated near its capacity of 2,000 most of the years it was open. The school consistently served a population that was around 95% students of color, 50-60% ELL, and 90-95% students on free/reduced price lunch. The school was closed after the 2010–2011 school year. (Full article...)

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The University of Wrocław is a public research university located in Wrocław, Poland. It was founded in 1945, replacing the previous German University of Breslau. Following the territorial changes of Poland's borders, academics restored the university building on the banks of the Oder river, which was heavily damaged and split as a result of the Battle of Breslau (1945). Nowadays, it is one of the most prominent educational institutions in the region.

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1922 – Institut Le Rosey's first alumni association, the "Old Rosey Association," is created in Switzerland

1925 – In the Scopes Trial, the Criminal Court of Tennessee upholds the Bulter Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." The case was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy.

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1988 – The Education Reform Act of 1988 is introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring that state schools of all Local Education Authorities have a common curriculum.

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1881 – Permission is received from Her Majesty Queen Victoria to rename Colombo Academy and Queens College in Sri Lanka to Royal College, Colombo

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John Baldwin (October 13, 1799 – December 28, 1884) was an American educator, and the founder of Baldwin Institute (later Baldwin University) in Berea, Ohio, which would eventually merge into Baldwin–Wallace College, now Baldwin-Wallace University. He was also the founder of Baker University and Baldwin City, Kansas, and contributed money to start schools in Bangalore, India that are today called Baldwin Boys High School, Baldwin Girls High School and Baldwin Co-Education Extension High School.

Born in Connecticut, Baldwin originally was a teacher in Maryland and Connecticut before moving to Ohio in the late 1820s. He became part of the lyceum movement and situated himself in Berea, Ohio. He opened up Baldwin Institute in 1846 upon seeing the dissolution of the Norwalk Seminary. Nine years later, the Institute became Baldwin University. He moved to Kansas around 1857, laying the foundation for Baldwin City, Kansas, as well as Baker University. In his later life, he purchased a Louisiana plantation and made contributions to education in India late in his life. (Full article...)

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... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a Nazi-themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
... that three first-team All-Americans – Logan Eggleston, Zoe Fleck, and Asjia O'Neal – played on the University of Texas's NCAA volleyball championship team in 2022?
... that in 1875, Robert J. Fulton moved Boston College by 60 feet (18 m)?
... that in 2022, Michael Phillips became the third professor in a year to sue Collin College for retaliating against protected speech?
... that Hurley Goodall was appointed back onto the school board in Muncie, Indiana, following the death of his successor in a plane crash?
... that the presence of illegal colleges in Saumlaki was compared to "mushrooms growing in the rainy season"?
... that Sam Smith left the University of Louisville after being found to be academically ineligible for its basketball team, claiming the school was "too big for him"?
... that Bruce Davis and his son, who both played for UCLA in college and professionally for the Raiders, are one of the few father–son duos to have played on teams that reached the Super Bowl?

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Image 1Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 2Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 3Scripps College (from College)
Image 4Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 5Pomona College (from College)
Image 6Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 7Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 8The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 9A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 10Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 11The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 12Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 13Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 14Albert 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 15Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 16The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 17Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 18A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 19The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 20Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 21First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 22Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 23Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 24SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 25Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 26King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 27Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 28Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 29Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 30A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 31A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 32Loyola 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 33Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 34City College of New York (from College)
Image 35RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 36King'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 37St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 38Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 39Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 40Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 41Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 42György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 43Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 44A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 45Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 46St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 47Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 48The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 49A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 50Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 51One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 52World 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 53To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 54Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 55Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 56Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 57West Park Secondary School in Toronto is an example. It was built in 1968 for students with slow learning or special needs. (from Vocational school)

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