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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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Education in Medieval Scotland includes all forms of education within the modern borders of Scotland, between the departure of the Romans from Britain in the fifth century, until the establishment of the Renaissance late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. Few sources on Scottish education survived the Medieval era. In the early Middle Ages, Scotland was an oral society, with verbal rather than literary education. Though there are indications of a Gaelic education system similar to that of Ireland, few details are known. The establishment of Christianity from the sixth century brought Latin to Scotland as a scholarly and written language. Monasteries served as major repositories of knowledge and education, often running schools.

In the High Middle Ages, new sources of education arose, such as song and grammar schools designed to train priests with emphases on music and Latin grammar, respectively. The number and size of these schools expanded rapidly after the 1380s. By the end of the Middle Ages, all the main burghs and some small towns had grammar schools. Educational provision was probably much weaker in rural areas, but there were petty or reading schools in rural areas, providing an elementary education. There was also the development of private tuition in the families of lords and wealthy burghers that sometimes developed into "household schools". Girls of noble families were taught in nunneries and by the end of the fifteenth century Edinburgh also had schools for girls. There is documentary evidence for about 100 schools of these different kinds before the Reformation. The Education Act 1496 decreed that all sons of barons and freeholders of substance should attend grammar schools to learn "perfyct Latyne". All this resulted in an increase in literacy, with perhaps 60 per cent of the nobility being literate by the end of the period. (Full article...)

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Upper Canada College (UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys in downtown Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1829, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is often described as the most prestigious preparatory school in Canada. At least thirty-nine former students have been inducted into the Order of Canada.

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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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... that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?

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Francis Xavier Talbot SJ (January 25, 1889 – December 3, 1953) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was active in Catholic literary and publishing circles, and became the President of Loyola College in Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1906, and was educated at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and Woodstock College. He taught for several years in New York City and at Boston College, before entering publishing as the literary editor of America magazine in 1923, of which he became the editor-in-chief in 1936. While in this role, he was also active in founding and editing several academic journals, including Thought, and establishing various Catholic literary societies and book clubs. During World War II, he was chaplain to a Catholic organization that previewed movies for the National Legion of Decency. He also supported Franco's rule in Spain because of its support of Catholicism and opposition to communism; he also supported the US war effort. He was described as one of the early leaders of the revival of Catholic literature in the United States.

In 1947, Talbot was named the President of Loyola College in Maryland. He held the office for three years and then was briefly an archivist at Georgetown University before becoming a priest and historian of St. Aloysius Church. He was then assigned to Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, where he died. (Full article...)

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... that in 1951, the University of Arizona radio bureau produced four different programs that aired on four different Tucson stations?
... that Miao Poya successfully campaigned to change her high school's uniform policy before becoming one of the first Taipei city councillors to be openly lesbian?
...that in 1819, members of the Catholic Tübingen school first published the Theologische Quartalschrift, which remains in print as the oldest journal of Catholic theology in the world?
... that according to the Open Syllabus Project, the most widely taught novel in college courses is Frankenstein?
... that Aguil Chut-Deng took 22 child refugees from South Sudan to Ethiopia during civil war so that they could attend school?
... that a company controlled by Lady Bird Johnson bought a Texas TV station from one of her college classmates?
... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College?
... that a San Diego State coach called Darius Durham "the best high school guy we've ever signed"?

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

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