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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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The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training.

The school moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. (Full article...)

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The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the oldest public school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston elite, resulting in the school claiming many prominent Bostonians as alumni. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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1887 – Teacher Anne Sullivan meets Helen Keller for the first time in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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1887 – The first public secondary school in Thailand, Suankularb Wittayalai School, is established by King Chulalongkorn.

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1996 – The Dunblane massacre, a multiple murder-suicide in which sixteen children and one adult are killed, occurs at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane. It remains the deadliest single targeted mass homicide on children in the history of the United Kingdom.

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1937 – A natural gas leak causes an explosion, destroying the New London School of the city of New London, Texas. The disaster kills in excess of 295 students and teachers, making it the worst catastrophe to take place in a U.S. school building.

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Mom Luang Pin Malakul (Thai: หม่อมหลวงปิ่น มาลากุล; 24 October 1903 – 5 October 1995) was a Thai professor, educator and writer. His contributions to education in Thailand include the establishment of various institutions of higher education, the introduction of fixed class schedules, and the implementation of teacher-training programmes. In his career he served as Director-General of the Department of General Education, later becoming Permanent Secretary, and Minister, of Education. He was also a member of the executive board of UNESCO. His writings earned him the title of National Artist in 1987, and the 100th anniversary of his birth was celebrated by the UNESCO in 2003 as recognition of his contribution to the advancement of education in Thailand and Southeast Asia. (Full article...)

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... that the only functioning secondary school in Mississippi during the American Civil War was founded by Thomas S. Gathright?
... that to gain weight to increase his chance of being a college football offensive lineman, John Ojukwu went on a diet that included consuming a gallon of milk a day and sometimes whole pizzas?
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... that sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson are the first high school students to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with Nike?
... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game?
... that Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, an honor usually reserved for Nobel Prize winners?

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