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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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Gordon Parks High School is a public alternative learning center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The school, founded in 1991, was originally the Saint Paul Area Learning Center. It was then called Unidale Alternative Learning Center for several years, after the local strip mall it operated in; this was often shortened to ALC Unidale. In 2007, a permanent building was built for the school and it was again renamed. The school serves high-school-age students categorized as "at risk" or far behind in grade level. It is the largest of seven alternative day school programs in the Saint Paul Public Schools district. (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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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 the Liberty Colored High School (pictured), built to replace a Rosenwald school for African-American students in Liberty, South Carolina, is now the Rosenwood community center?
... that Konawaena High School's 18th place finish in the 1990 World Solar Challenge was the basis for the 1996 film Race the Sun?
... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960?

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Roman copy (in marble) of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippos (c. 330 BC), with modern alabaster mantle

Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.

Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls. (Full article...)

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... that Ryan Roberts, a defensive end for Notre Dame, was a soccer player in high school?
... that the University of Minnesota Messenia Expedition has been described as "the first truly multidisciplinary archaeological expedition in Greece"?
... that in one year, a team of Canadian All-Stars twice played against the U.S. college football national champion and came within one point of winning each game?
... that German economist Ingo Böbel became Professor of Economics at International University of Monaco after serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion?
... that students and faculty from Fuchs Mizrachi School protested at Nazi guard John Demjanjuk's home in 1993, objecting to his release from Israeli prison and residence in the United States?
... that when he was the rector of the University of Indonesia, Asman Boedisantoso Ranakusuma sometimes took the train to campus to overhear criticism of the school?
... that Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler, the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the University of Vienna, co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls?
... that Japanese singer Noa became interested in music after watching the 2006 film High School Musical?

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

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