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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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Phillips Exeter Academy Library is a library that serves Phillips Exeter Academy, an independent boarding school located in Exeter, New Hampshire. It is the largest secondary school library in the world, containing 160,000 volumes over nine levels with a shelf capacity of 250,000 volumes.

When it became clear in the 1950s that the library had outgrown its existing building, the school initially hired an architect who proposed a traditional design for the new building. Deciding instead to construct a library with a contemporary design, the school gave the commission to Louis Kahn in 1965. The library opened in 1971. In 1997 the library received the Twenty-five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects, an award that recognizes architecture of enduring significance that is given to no more than one building per year. (Full article...)

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Shenandoah Valley Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational parochial boarding school located in New Market, Virginia. It is ranked as one of the best private schools in Virginia for getting into top ivy, little ivy, and public ivy universities. Pictured is the original building at Shenandoah Valley Academy pictured in 1924.

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Catholic Schools Week starts on the last Sunday of January.

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1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.

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1888 – In Nebraska, teacher Minnie Freeman leads thirteen children from her schoolhouse to safety during the Schoolhouse Blizzard.

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1989 – Stockton massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.

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1986 – Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at Concord High School (New Hampshire), dies in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided over myriad African-American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division.

She started a private school for African-American students which later became Bethune-Cookman University. She was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter, and she held a leadership position for the American Women's Voluntary Services founded by Alice Throckmorton McLean. Bethune wrote prolifically, publishing in several periodicals from 1924 to 1955. (Full article...)

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

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