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A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually 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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The Brooklyn Free School is a private, ungraded, democratic free school in Brooklyn, founded in 2004. Students range in age from 4 to 18 years old. The school follows the noncoercive philosophy of the 1960s/70s free school movement schools, which encourages self-directed learning and protects child freedom of activity. There are no grades, no tests, no homework, and classes are non-compulsory. In 2015, the school enrolls 80 students and has about 24 graduates.

The school was the first free school in New York City since 1975. It started in a rented portion of a Park Slope Methodist church, and then moved to a brownstone in Fort Greene, and then was living in the Brooklyn Public Library, And shortly after moved to a place called "Major Owens Center" and then moved to Restoration Plaza, on Fulton Street. Students participate in the design of classes and in the school's governance, which is done at a weekly Democratic Meeting. Staff and students all have equal votes. The school is funded through sliding-scale tuition, grants, and donations. In 2012, Lucas Kavner of The Huffington Post called the Brooklyn Free School "arguably New York's most radical center of learning". (Full article...)

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Gordonstoun is a Scottish co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn, it is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Charles, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun.

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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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Fatima Massaquoi-Fahnbulleh (/ˈmæsækwɑː/; 25 December 1911 – 26 November 1978) was a Liberian writer and academic. After completing her education in the United States, she returned to Liberia in 1946, making significant contributions to the cultural and social life of the country.

Born into a family of African royalty, Massaquoi grew up in the care of an aunt in Njagbacca, in the Garwula District of Grand Cape Mount County of southern Liberia. After seven years, she returned to the northwestern part of the country, Montserrado County, where she began her schooling. In 1922 she accompanied her father, a diplomat, to Hamburg, Germany, where she completed her school education and started a course in biology at the University of Hamburg. In 1937 she moved to the United States for further education, studying sociology and anthropology at Lane College, Fisk University and Boston University. While in the US, she collaborated on a dictionary of the Vai language and wrote her autobiography, though a legal battle ensued over the rights to her story. She won an injunction barring others from publishing it, and returned to Liberia in 1946, immediately beginning collaboration to establish a university there, which would become the University of Liberia. (Full article...)

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... that the veto of an Indiana law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports was overridden by the state legislature?
... that Canadian football player Paul Shorten played university football after his pro career?
... that Cleo Hill Jr. coached the college basketball team for which his father played more than 60 years earlier?
...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 lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
... that lovers on the campus of the College of William & Mary are encouraged to cross the Crim Dell bridge together?
... that the FBS college football player Tre Harris set his school's single-game record for most receiving touchdowns in his debut?
... that Giovanni Manu was the first player from his university ever to be selected in the NFL draft?

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Image 1A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 2Istanbul 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 3Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 4The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 5A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 6Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 7Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 8Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 9Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 10University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 11Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 12A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 13Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 14Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 15Scripps College (from College)
Image 16A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 17Established 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 18Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 19St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 20World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 21Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 22Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 23Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 24Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 25A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 26A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 27SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 28Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 29RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 30City College of New York (from College)
Image 31Literacy 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 32Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 33Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 34Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 35A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 36Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 37Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 38To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 39Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 40Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 41The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 42Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 43Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 44Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 45Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music 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 47Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 48Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 49Pomona College (from College)
Image 50One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 51Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 52Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 53Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 54Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 55The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 56First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 57Loyola 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 58Aristotle 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 59György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 60The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 61Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 62King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 63A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 64St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 65Albert 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 66Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 67Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 68Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 69Saint Anselm College (from College)

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