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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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Pūnana Leo (lit. 'voice nest'; often translated as "language nest") are private, non-profit preschools run by families, in which the Hawaiian language is the language of instruction and administration.

Initially opened illegally, the first Pūnana Leo opened in 1984 in Kekaha, Kauaʻi. Based on the practices of 19th-century Hawaiian-language schools, as well as the Māori language revival kindergartens in New Zealand, the Pūnana Leo was the first indigenous language immersion preschool project in the United States. Graduates from the Pūnana Leo schools have achieved several measures of academic success in later life. (Full article...)

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The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the oldest public school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston elite, resulting in the school claiming many prominent Bostonians as alumni. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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May

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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... that the old school building in Albany, New York (pictured) where Joseph Henry co-discovered electrical inductance is now named after him?

... that Trafalgar High School, established for non-whites in Cape Town, defiantly refused to move after its part of the city was declared "whites only"?

... that the Nebraska School for the Deaf became nationally known within the Deaf community for its fight against an anti-American Sign Language state bill endorsed by Alexander Graham Bell?

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Percy Shaw Jeffrey FRGS (14 March 1862 Cheltenham, England – 22 February 1952) was a respected English schoolmaster and author of several books on a range of topics, including significant contributions towards the teaching of phonetics in schools. Shaw Jeffrey taught at a variety of schools before spending sixteen years as headmaster at Colchester Royal Grammar School. With his wife, Alice, he retired first to South Africa, then to the town of Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1916, where he spent his time between numerous trips to countries around the world. (Full article...)

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... that the stylized animation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks?
... that Kanye West performed an additional Touch the Sky Tour date at the University of North Carolina Wilmington after coming third in a student survey?
... that Craig Braun's Grammy-nominated album packaging for School's Out had to be recalled for including underwear that constituted a fire hazard?
... that after Nazi Germany placed anti-aircraft batteries on the property of the Genoa Conservatory, the school moved into the Villa Saluzzo Serra art museum to maintain the safety of its students?
... that Hurley Goodall was appointed back onto the school board in Muncie, Indiana, following the death of his successor in a plane crash?
... that George Daniel submitted his band's demos as coursework while in college?
... that Greg Dulcich is a former walk-on whose first touchdown with UCLA was about three miles (4.8 km) from his high school?
... that the U.S. Bank Center in Seattle once had a Montessori school on the 23rd floor?

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

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