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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 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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Eton College, also known simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, and is one of the original nine English "public schools" as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. The school has a long list of distinguished former pupils, including eighteen former British Prime Ministers. Traditionally, Eton has been referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen", and is often described as the most famous public school in the world.

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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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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 Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley turned down multiple offers to play professional football to become a school teacher?
... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia?
... that composer Ida Carroll played a central role in the merger of the Northern School of Music and the Royal Manchester College of Music to found the Royal Northern College of Music in 1973?
... that the Royal Dental Hospital opened the first dental school in Britain in 1859?
... that in 1857 Ludwig Grass donated 20,000 guilders to build the first state secondary school in Liechtenstein?
... that King Bataha Santiago's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old?
... that among the traditions of the University of Texas at Arlington are bed racing and oozeball?
... that Mallory McMorrow won a public contest to design the Mazda3 while she was a college student?

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Image 1Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 2Scripps College (from College)
Image 3Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 4Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 5Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 6Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 7St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 8World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 9Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 10Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 11RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 12Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 13A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
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 15The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 16Albert 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 17Loyola 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 18Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 19Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 20Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 21King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 22West 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 23St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 24To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 25A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 26György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 27A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 28SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 29Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 30Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 31A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 32Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 33A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 34Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 35The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 36Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 37Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 38The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 39Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 40Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 41Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 42One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 43Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 44Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 45Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 46Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 47The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 48Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 49Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 50City College of New York (from College)
Image 51Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 52First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 53The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 54Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 55A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 56Pomona College (from College)
Image 57Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)

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