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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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Nan Chiau High School (NCHS) (traditional Chinese: 南僑中學; simplified Chinese: 南侨中学; pinyin: Nánqiáo Zhōngxué; Wade–Giles: Nan²Ch'iao² Chung¹hsüeh²) is a co-educational government-aided institution in Sengkang, Singapore affiliated to the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. It offers the four-year Express (Special) course for secondary education.

Founded in 1947, the institution operates under the Special Assistance Plan (SAP), with the mission to nurture bilingual and bi-cultural scholars who are highly knowledgeable in the Chinese language and culture. Affirmed as the North Zone Centre of Excellence for Chinese Language, the institution is known for its strong Chinese foundation in terms of teaching of the language and promulgation of the heritage and culture, which are not confined to the classrooms. (Full article...)

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The St. Thomas School of Leipzig (German: Thomasschule zu Leipzig) was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world. St. Thomas School is well known for its art, language and music education. The Humanistic Gymnasium has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner (1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family.

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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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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided as president or leader for a myriad of African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division.

She also was appointed as a national advisor to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she worked with to create the Federal Council on Colored Affairs, also known as the Black Cabinet. She is well-known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida. It later continued to develop as Bethune-Cookman University. She was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter, and she held a leadership position for the American Women's Voluntary Services founded by Alice Throckmorton McLean. For her lifetime of activism, she was deemed "acknowledged First Lady of Negro America" by Ebony magazine in April 1949 and was known by the Black Press as the "Female Booker T. Washington". She was known as "The First Lady of The Struggle" because of her commitment to promote better lives for African Americans. (Full article...)

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... that Corky Palmer coached the Southern Miss Golden Eagles to their only College World Series appearance in 2009?
... that a Nebraska radio station's plans to broadcast college sports were met with "audible gasps"?
... that in 1919 Ethel Hampson Brewster compared dropping ancient history from school curricula to "knock[ing] out the first two stories of a skyscraper"?
... 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 despite having never played college football, Henry Bell was able to make the roster of the NFL's Denver Broncos and served as one of the team's starting running backs in their inaugural season?
... that Zoé Clauzure won the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with a song about school bullying?
... that M. Farooqui, who had been expelled from his studies for having organized a strike in 1940, received his Delhi University degree in a special convocation in 1989?
... that Welsh footballer Jon Morgan went on to become a college principal after retiring?

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Image 1Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 2A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 3King'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 4RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 5Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 6The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 7One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 8Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 9György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 10Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 11Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 12Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 13Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 14A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 15Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 16Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
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 18King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 19To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 20Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 21St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 22Albert 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 23Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 24Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 25A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 26Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 27The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 28Scripps College (from College)
Image 29City College of New York (from College)
Image 30Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 31West 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 32Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 33First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 34St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 35Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 36Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 37Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 38Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 39A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 40SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 41Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 42Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 43Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 44A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 45The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 46Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 47The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 48Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 49Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 50Pomona College (from College)
Image 51The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 52A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 53Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 54World 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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- 0.700–0.749
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- 0.350–0.399
- under 0.350
- not available
(from History of education)
Image 55Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 56Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 57Braude College of Engineering (from College)