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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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Chetham's School of Music (/ˈtʃɛtəmz/) is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions.

The music school was established in 1969 from Chetham's Hospital School, founded as a charity school by Humphrey Chetham in 1653. After becoming a boys' grammar school in 1952, the school turned to music as its speciality, at the same time becoming a private school and accepting its first female students. There are approximately 300 students on roll, including a large sixth form making up around half of the school. Approximately two-thirds of students board on site, with others travelling in as day students from around Greater Manchester. The oldest parts of the school date to the 1420s, when the building was constructed as a residence for priests of the church which is now Manchester Cathedral. These parts are listed buildings housing Chetham's Library. (Full article...)

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Robert College of Istanbul (Turkish: Istanbul Amerikan Robert Lisesi) is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. The Institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside of the United States, and has a long list of notable alumni, including Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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1878 – Phillips Academy plays a game of football against Phillips Exeter Academy, starting one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States

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1900 – Kyunggi High School, the oldest modern secondary school in Korea, opens in South Korea under an edict by King Gojong

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1959 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

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1966 – The Plowden Report reviews Primary education in England in a wholesale fashion.

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... that the Bolhrad High School (pictured) in Bolhrad, Ukraine, was founded by the Bessarabian Bulgarian diaspora as the first high school of the Bulgarian National Revival period?
... that the now defunct Heritage Christian School in Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a chariot race?
... that despite being located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Assumption Preparatory School followed French custom in holding classes on Saturday mornings but not on Thursday or Saturday afternoons?

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Arnold Ephraim Ross (August 24, 1906 – September 25, 2002) was a mathematician and educator who founded the Ross Mathematics Program, a number theory summer program for gifted high school students. He was born in Chicago, but spent his youth in Odesa, Ukraine, where he studied with Samuil Shatunovsky. Ross returned to Chicago and enrolled in University of Chicago graduate coursework under E. H. Moore, despite his lack of formal academic training. He received his Ph.D. and married his wife, Bee, in 1931.

Ross taught at several institutions including St. Louis University before becoming chair of University of Notre Dame's mathematics department in 1946. He started a teacher training program in mathematics that evolved into the Ross Mathematics Program in 1957 with the addition of high school students. The program moved with him to Ohio State University when he became their department chair in 1963. Though forced to retire in 1976, Ross ran the summer program until 2000. He had worked with over 2,000 students during more than forty summers. (Full article...)

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... that Papuan anthropologist Marlina Flassy is the first woman to be appointed a dean at Cenderawasih University?
... that the Vancouver School Board's alleged attempt to censor a student newspaper led to the drafting of a press-freedom act?
... that under college president Arthur Bronwell in 1959, Worcester Polytechnic Institute built one of the first nuclear research reactors at an American university?
... that research conducted in 2020 found that squirrels are "nearly ubiquitous" on college campuses in the United States and Canada?
... 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 "What do you hope to achieve with this?" were the last words of the Nigerian college student Deborah Yakubu while being lynched for alleged blasphemy?
... that Kent Gaydos played quarterback in high school, then wide receiver in college, and in the NFL changed to tight end before going back to receiver, then tight end again, and then receiver once more?
... that the new curriculum in Wales allows schools to set their own curricula?

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Image 1Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 2Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 3St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 4King'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 5Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 6Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 7Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 8Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 9A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 10Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 11A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 12Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 13The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 14Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 15The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 16To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 17Albert 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 18Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 19Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 20Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 21Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 22A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 23Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 24Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 25Loyola 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 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 27Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 28First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 29One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 30The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 31Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 32Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 33Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 34Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 35RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 36Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 37Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 38Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 39A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 40Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 41A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 42Istanbul 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 43Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 44Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 45Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 46Scripps College (from College)
Image 47University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 48A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 49Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 50Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 51Pomona College (from College)
Image 52The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 53Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 54World 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 55City College of New York (from College)
Image 56SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 57Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 58Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 59György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 60King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 61Aristotle 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 62Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 63Literacy 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 64A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 65Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 66Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 67A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 68Established 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 69St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 70Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)

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