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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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The north side of duPont Manual's main building

duPont Manual High School is a public magnet high school located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It serves students in grades 9–12. It is a part of the Jefferson County Public School District. DuPont Manual is recognized by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School.

Manual, funded by Mr. A.V duPont, opened in 1892 as an all-male manual training school. It was the second public high school in Louisville. Manual merged with its rival, Male High School, into a consolidated school from 1915 to 1919. Manual permanently merged with the Louisville Girls High School in 1950 and moved into their Gothic-style three-story building, built in 1934. In 2004, after conducting a poll, Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper listed Manual as one of Louisville residents' ten favorite buildings. Manual experienced a decline in discipline and test scores in the 1970s. In 1984, Manual became a magnet school, allowing students from throughout the district to apply to five specialized programs of study, or magnets. (Full article...)

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Raffles Institution is an independent boys' secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, it was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. Notable alumni include Yusof bin Ishak and Benjamin Henry Sheares, the first and second Presidents of Singapore, respectively.

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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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Francis Dzierozynski (born Franciszek Dzierożyński; January 3, 1779 – September 22, 1850) was a Polish Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent missionary to the United States. Born in the town of Orsha, in the Russian Empire (modern-day Belarus), he entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained a priest in 1806. He taught and studied in Polotsk and Mogilev until leading students in an escape from the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He returned to Polotsk, where he taught until the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Russian Empire in 1820. Thereafter, he took up teaching in Bologna, Italy.

The Jesuit Superior General sent Dzierozynski to the United States as a missionary the following year. He was given broad authority over the Jesuits' Maryland Mission, and taught at Georgetown College while learning English. In 1823, he was appointed the superior of the Maryland Mission, with jurisdiction over all the Jesuits in the United States. During his term, he continued teaching at Georgetown, where he was also master of novices. As superior, he reconciled the Society of Jesus and the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen, a holdover from the period of suppression of the Jesuits that owned most of the American Jesuits' property, and oversaw the transition of Saint Louis College into a Jesuit institution. He also was involved in significant disputes with the American bishops, especially Ambrose Maréchal, with whom his quarrel over the ownership of valuable White Marsh Manor, endured for many years and involved such prominent figures as John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Roger Taney, Luigi Fortis, and Pope Pius VII. (Full article...)

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... that Saudi Arabian historian Sa'd ibn Junaydil took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
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... 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?
... that when Felicia Schroeder signed to play soccer for the University of South Carolina, the school did not have a sign-language interpreter available for her?

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The following are images from various school-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Albert 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 2Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 3The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 4Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 5Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 6Pomona College (from College)
Image 7To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 8Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 9Loyola 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 10Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 11Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 12Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 13Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 14A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 15Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 16Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 17SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 18University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 19Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 20Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 21Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 22Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 23Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 24King'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 25Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 26City College of New York (from College)
Image 27Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 28Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 29Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 30Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 31King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 32A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 33West 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 34Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 35Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 36A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 37A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 38Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 39Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 40The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 41A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 42A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 43Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 44The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 45Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 46Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 47Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 48Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 49A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 50First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 51One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 52A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 53Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 54The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 55World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 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
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(from History of education)
Image 56Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 57St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 58Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 59RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 60Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 61St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 62Aristotle 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 63Established 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 64Literacy 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 65Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 66Scripps College (from College)
Image 67Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 68Istanbul 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 69Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 70György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)