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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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Dr. Holbrook's Military School, c. 1900

Dr. Holbrook's Military School was a military academy and boarding school for boys. The school was located in the town of Ossining and overlooked the Hudson River. After the 1906 annexation of Scarborough by the village of Briarcliff Manor, Holbrook's became part of the village within Ossining.

The school was founded in 1864 as Mr. Tracy's School. In 1866, after David A. Holbrook purchased the school, it became known as Dr. Holbrook's Military School. The school ran until 1915, after which it was used in World War I as a field hospital and headquarters to a New York Guard regiment. From 1919 until at least 1927, the school served as the Teachers College Country Club. (Full article...)

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Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík or MR is the oldest gymnasium (Icelandic: Menntaskóli) in Reykjavík, Iceland. Many Icelandic politicians, including former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson and the current President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, attended MR. Almost every Prime Minister of Iceland has been educated at the school apart from Halldór Ásgrímsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson and Þorsteinn Pálsson.

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May

17th

1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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Maguire in 1866 by the Brady–Handy studio

Bernard A. Maguire SJ (February 11, 1818 – April 26, 1886) was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served twice as the president of Georgetown University. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States at the age of six, and his family settled in Maryland. Maguire attended Saint John's College in Frederick, Maryland, and then entered the Society of Jesus in 1837. He continued his studies at Georgetown University, where he also taught and was prefect, until his ordination to the priesthood in 1851.

In 1852, Maguire was appointed president of Georgetown University. His tenure is regarded as successful; new buildings were erected, the number of students increased, and the preparatory division was partially separated from Georgetown College. Upon the end of his presidency in 1858, he engaged in pastoral and missionary work in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and developed a reputation as a skilled preacher. In the aftermath of the American Civil War, which devastated the university, Maguire again became president of Georgetown in 1866. The long-planned Georgetown Law School was established at the end of his presidency. His term ended in 1870, and he returned to missionary work, traveling throughout the country. He died in Philadelphia in 1886. (Full article...)

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... that the Alchymic Quartet is a string quartet by Graham Waterhouse, to be performed alongside chemical experiments of Andrew Szydlo, his former teacher at Highgate School?
... that Korey Foreman held a makeshift raffle to decide where to play college football?
... that Julie Croteau is credited as being the first woman to play National Collegiate Athletic Association men's college baseball?
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... that Isabel Leighton, an actress and writer, created a chair in hematology at Yale University in honor of her husband?
... that Lebanese academic Zahia Kaddoura was the first woman to be appointed a dean at the Lebanese University?
... that the American Schools at War program raised over $2 billion (over $28 billion today) to help pay for World War II?
... that British singer Hope Tala turned down an opportunity to pursue a master's degree at the University of Cambridge in favour of pursuing a career in music?

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

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