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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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Chetham's School of Music (/ˈtʃɛtəmz/) is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions.

The music school was established in 1969 from Chetham's Hospital School, founded as a charity school by Humphrey Chetham in 1653. After becoming a boys' grammar school in 1952, the school turned to music as its speciality, at the same time becoming a private school and accepting its first female students. There are approximately 300 students on roll, including a large sixth form making up around half of the school. Approximately two-thirds of students board on site, with others travelling in as day students from around Greater Manchester. The oldest parts of the school date to the 1420s, when the building was constructed as a residence for priests of the church which is now Manchester Cathedral. These parts are listed buildings housing Chetham's Library. (Full article...)

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Cleveland Tower, designed by Ralph Adams Cram, is a prominent landmark of Princeton University. It is one of the defining architectural features of the Collegiate Gothic Graduate College, inspired by Boston College's Gasson Hall. The tower was built in 1913 as a memorial to former U.S. President Grover Cleveland, who also served as a university trustee. A bust of the former president is the centerpiece of the grand chamber at the tower's ground level.

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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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Charles William Lyons SJ (January 31, 1868 – January 31, 1939) was an American Catholic priest who became the only Jesuit and likely the only educator in the United States to have served as the president of four colleges. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the local public schools before entering the wool industry. He abandoned his career in industry to enter the Society of Jesus. While a novice in Maryland, he suffered a nervous breakdown and was sent to Georgetown University as prefect. He then resumed his studies at Woodstock College, teaching intermittently at Gonzaga College in Washington, D.C. and Loyola College in Baltimore. After his ordination, he became a professor at St. Francis Xavier College in New York City and at Boston College.

In 1908, Lyons became the rector of Gonzaga College, where he remained for a year before being appointed the president of Saint Joseph's College in Philadelphia. While there, he had constructed a new building for the faculty, and his tenure came to an end when he became the president of Boston College in 1914. He continued the major construction plan of his predecessor, overseeing the completion of St. Mary's Hall and Alumni Field. He also dealt with the severe downturn in enrollment due to World War I. His term came to an end in 1919, and for the next several years, he taught at Boston College, was a priest at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, oversaw the construction of Weston College, and led retreats around the country. (Full article...)

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

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