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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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Benet Academy (/ˈbɛnɛt/ BEN-et) is a co-educational, college-preparatory, Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Founded in 1886, the school was initially established in Chicago as the all-boys St. Procopius College and Academy by Benedictine monks, who also operated the St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage. In 1898, the orphanage moved to Lisle, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago, to be joined by St. Procopius three years later. In 1926, Benedictine nuns constructed the all-girls Sacred Heart Academy near the orphanage and school in Lisle. The orphanage closed in 1956 to make room for St. Procopius Academy, which separated from the college in 1969. Due to rising costs and waning enrollment, Sacred Heart merged with St. Procopius Academy in 1967 to form Benet Academy on the St. Procopius campus. Since then, numerous building projects have been undertaken to expand Benet's athletics, music, and science programs.

Admission is competitive and relies on entrance exam scores, transcripts, and performance on standardized tests. All students complete a college-preparatory curriculum and may earn college credit through programs including Advanced Placement. As of 2023, Benet's average ACT test score regularly exceeds state and national averages, and more than 99 percent of students go on to college after graduation. The school's academic program has been featured in reports by the Chicago Sun-Times and U.S. News & World Report. (Full article...)

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The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12 located in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S. As of June 30, 2006, its endowment was roughly $229 million, or nearly $290,000 per student. Its alumni range from Nobel laureate George Akerlof to former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.

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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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James Morris III ((1752-01-19)January 19, 1752 – (1820-04-20)April 20, 1820) was a Continental Army officer from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the Morris Academy, a pioneer in coeducation.

Born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, James Morris spent his early life hoping and training to be a minister. However, after graduating from Yale College, Morris accepted a commission of First Lieutenant from the Continental Army and joined the fight for American Independence. Morris was captured during the Battle of Germantown and spent most of the remaining war in captivity. Upon his release, Morris was promoted to the rank of Captain and supported Alexander Hamilton in the Siege of Yorktown. When he returned from the war, Morris began and ran an academy that trained both boys and girls together, a rarity at the time. (Full article...)

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... that scholars disagree about whether the closure of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations in 1953 had anything to do with McCarthyism?
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Image 1Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 2A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 3The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 4To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 5Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 6A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 7Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 8Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 9Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 10Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 11St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 12Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 13The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 14Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 15St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 16King'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 17A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 18SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 19Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 20Albert 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 21György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 22The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 23One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 24Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 25A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 26The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 27King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 28Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 29Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 30Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 31A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 32Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 33RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 34Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 35Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 36Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 37First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 38Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 39Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 40West 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 41Scripps College (from College)
Image 42Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 43Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 44City College of New York (from College)
Image 45Loyola 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 46Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 47Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 48Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 49Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 50A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 51Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 52Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 53The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 54Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 55Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 56World 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 57Pomona College (from College)

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