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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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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill. It is known for introducing his ideas to the American public. It was published in America on November 7, 1960, by the Hart Publishing Company and later revised as Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood in 1993. Its contents are a repackaged collection from four of Neill's previous works. The foreword was written by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, who distinguished between authoritarian coercion and Summerhill.

The seven chapters of the book cover the origins and implementation of the school, and other topics in childrearing. Summerhill, founded in the 1920s, is run as a children's democracy under Neill's educational philosophy of self-regulation, where kids choose whether to go to lessons and how they want to live freely without imposing on others. The school makes its rules at a weekly schoolwide meeting where students and teachers each have one vote alike. Neill discarded other pedagogies for one based on the innate goodness of the child. (Full article...)

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University of Wrocław, seen from the Oder river

The University of Wrocław is a public research university located in Wrocław, Poland. It was founded in 1945, replacing the previous German University of Breslau. Following the territorial changes of Poland's borders, academics restored the university building on the banks of the Oder river, which was heavily damaged and split as a result of the Battle of Breslau (1945). Nowadays, it is one of the most prominent educational institutions in the region.

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1922 – Institut Le Rosey's first alumni association, the "Old Rosey Association," is created in Switzerland

1925 – In the Scopes Trial, the Criminal Court of Tennessee upholds the Bulter Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." The case was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy.

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1988 – The Education Reform Act of 1988 is introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring that state schools of all Local Education Authorities have a common curriculum.

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1881 – Permission is received from Her Majesty Queen Victoria to rename Colombo Academy and Queens College in Sri Lanka to Royal College, Colombo

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Calhoun Colored School

... that in the early 20th century, when education was segregated in the United States, the Calhoun Colored School (pictured) focused on vocational education for African Americans instead of classical education to protect the school from being closed down?

... that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries?

... that the Calabasas, California facilities for the private elementary school New Village Academy is funded by actor Will Smith?

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Portrait of Spaid from History of Hampshire County, West Virginia (1897)

Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid (July 27, 1866 – March 16, 1936) was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).

Born in West Virginia, Spaid began his career in education as a schoolteacher in Virginia and as a school administrator in Ohio. After a decade as a principal Spaid became a superintendent; in this role he argued for compulsory education and the consolidation of New Castle County's rural public schools, instituted pay raises for teachers to mitigate a teacher shortage, and served on a committee to revise the state public school system's curriculum. (Full article...)

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... that wrestler Kurt Howell won all 108 of his matches in high school?
... that even though he had never seen a field hockey game, Willy Miranda became a high school coach and went on to win over 450 games across a 42-year tenure?
... that the 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game was the first college football game ever played between historically black schools?
... that Bahamian basketball player Waltiea Rolle moved to the United States at the age of 13 after being noticed while walking home from school?
... that college basketball player Jett Howard almost signed at Tennessee, but instead chose the Michigan team of his father Juwan Howard?
... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?
... that Julian Hill was the first player from Campbell University to make an NFL roster, but Brevin Allen was the first to play in a game?

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Image 1Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 2A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 3A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 4A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 5Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 6Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 7Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 8Loyola 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 9Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 10SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 11A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 12Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 13Established 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 14Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 15Scripps College (from College)
Image 16RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 17Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 18Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 19Albert 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 20The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 21Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 22Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 23Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 24Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 25Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 26Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 27Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 28Aristotle 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 29Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 30To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 31St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 32King'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 33City College of New York (from College)
Image 34One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 35First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 36Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 37A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 38Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 39Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 40World 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 41The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 42A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 43Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 44Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 45Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 46The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 47Literacy 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 48Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 49King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 50University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 51Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 52Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 53Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 54Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 55A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 56György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 57Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 58Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 59Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 60Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 61Istanbul 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 62A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 63Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 64Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 65The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 66Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 67St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 68Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 69Pomona College (from College)

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