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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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Stonyhurst College is a co-educational Catholic private school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition, on the Stonyhurst Estate, Lancashire, England. It occupies a Grade I listed building. The school has been fully co-educational since 1999.

A precursor institution of the college was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. After moving to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773, the college was headed for oblivion, but for the generosity of an old boy, Thomas Weld (of Lulworth), who intervened. Weld's enormous benefaction enabled the expatriated school to establish itself on English soil in 1794 when it was granted the Stonyhurst estate. It provides boarding and day education to approximately 450 boys and girls aged 13–18. On an adjacent site, its preparatory school, St Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3–13. (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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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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Marion Luther Brittain Sr. (November 11, 1866 – July 13, 1953) was an American academic administrator and longest serving president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and, aside from a brief stint at the University of Chicago for graduate school, spent most of his life serving the educational community there. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory College in 1886, Brittain worked his way up the ranks from principal of an Atlanta high school to superintendent of education for the entire state of Georgia.

In 1922, Brittain accepted the position of president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, then called the Georgia School of Technology, an office he would hold until his retirement in 1944. During his 22-year tenure at Georgia Tech, Brittain was credited with doubling student enrollment, establishing what is now the second-largest aerospace engineering faculty in the United States, and playing an influential role in securing Georgia Tech's position as a leading technical institute and research university. After his retirement, Brittain wrote The Story of Georgia Tech (1948), a history of the Institute published shortly before his death in 1953. (Full article...)

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... that the first studio of Indiana high school radio station WETL was a cedar closet that had once stored furs?
... that according to the Open Syllabus Project, Diana Hacker is the second most-read female author on college campuses after Kate L. Turabian?
... that a company controlled by Lady Bird Johnson bought a Texas TV station from one of her college classmates?
... that in 2014, Trinidadian sprinter Deon Lendore won the highest award in National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field while at Texas A&M University?
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Image 1Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 2To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 3A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 4St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 5A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 6Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 7Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 8Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 9The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 10SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 11Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 12A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 13Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 14King'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 15Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 16A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 17Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 18Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 19Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 20Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 21Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 22Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 23Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 24World 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 25Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 26University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 27Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 28St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 29Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 30Aristotle 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 31Scripps College (from College)
Image 32György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 33King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 34Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 35Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 36Literacy 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 37The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 38Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 39Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 40Pomona College (from College)
Image 41The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 42One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 43Istanbul 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 44The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 45Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 46A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 47RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 48A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 49Established 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 50Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 51Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 52Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 53City College of New York (from College)
Image 54Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 55Loyola 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 56Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 57Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 58Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 59Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 60West 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 61Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 62Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 63Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 64First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
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 66Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 67Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 68A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 69A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 70Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)

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