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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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Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, Church of England, private day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded by the Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the country.

Chartered by Edward VI in 1549 as a grammar school for boys, for much of its history it offered a largely classical curriculum of Greek, Latin and arithmetic under the governance of the Wisbech Corporation. The school has moved premises several times since its foundation, being based in St Peter's Church, the old guildhall in Hill Street and on South Brink before merging with the Wisbech High School for Girls in 1970 at the present site on North Brink. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.

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1958 – A fire breaks out at the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, killing a total of 92 pupils and 3 nuns. The severity of the fire shocks the United States and leads to major improvements in standards for school design and fire safety codes.

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1884 - Moose Jaw School District #1 and Qu'Appelle School District #2 were formally established Dec. 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education for the North West Territories, Canada

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1891 – James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

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2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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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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Image 1To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 2Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 3The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 4Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 5Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 6A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 7One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 8Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 9Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 10Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 11Pomona College (from College)
Image 12Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 13Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 14King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 15Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 16Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 17Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 18A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 19Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 20Loyola 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 21Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (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 23Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 24Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 25St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 26Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 27A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 28György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 29A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 30Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 31Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 32Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 33Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 34Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 35Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 36First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 37World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 0.900–0.949
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(from History of education)
Image 38Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 39RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
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 41A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 42The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 43Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 44Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 45Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 46A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 47Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 48The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 49Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 50SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 51Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 52Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 53Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 54St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 55King'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 56Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 57Albert 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 58Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 59City College of New York (from College)
Image 60Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 61Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 62University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 63Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 64Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 65A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 66Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 67Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 68A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 69Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 70Scripps College (from College)

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