Romney Academy was an institution for higher education in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States. Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. In addition to the Romney Classical Institute, Romney Academy was also a forerunner institution to Potomac Seminary. Romney Academy was one of the earliest institutions for higher learning within the present boundaries of the state of West Virginia.

With the growth of settlement in Pearsall's Flats, which was later the location of Romney, the need for educational facilities became apparent and the community began plans for the establishment of schools and churches. A log structure, which served as both a school and a church, was built at Pearsall's Flats around 1752 near Fort Pearsall. By the time the town of Romney was laid out in 1762, the log school was still in existence. That year, a stone school building was erected on the site to the immediate north of the old Hampshire County Courthouse and became known as Romney Academy. (Full article...)

The St. Thomas School of Leipzig (German: Thomasschule zu Leipzig) was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world. St. Thomas School is well known for its art, language and music education. The Humanistic Gymnasium has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner (1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family.

August

• In the United States, August is National Back to School Month.

• Filipino schools and theaters celebrate Filipino Language Month ("Buwan ng Wika") in August.

15th

• 1949 – Reconstruction of Rizal High School in the Philippines, the largest secondary school in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is completed after the original building was destroyed from carpet-bombing by American Liberation Forces during World War II.

29th

• 2005 – Hurricane Katrina damages or destroys more than 100 of the 128 school buildings under the school district New Orleans Public Schools.

• ...that the currently abandoned Old High School of Music (pictured) in Rousse, Bulgaria has previously housed a primary school, a junior high school, a university, and a trade school?

• ...that the Poplar Tree Elementary School building was damaged by boulders from blasting works during its construction, and it initially had no playground?

• ... that despite over 85% of American Indian students giving it their support, mascot controversy at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota resulted in the abandonment of its Indians mascot?

Portrait photograph of Carpenter in later life

Mary Carpenter (3 April 1807 – 14 June 1877) was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol.

She published articles and books on her work and her lobbying played a role in the passage of several educational acts in the mid-nineteenth century. She was also the first woman to have a paper published by the Statistical Society of London. She addressed many conferences and meetings and became known as one of the foremost public speakers of her time. Carpenter was active in the anti-slavery movement; she also visited India, visiting schools and prisons and working to improve female education, establish reformatory schools and improve prison conditions. In later years she visited Europe and America, carrying on her campaigns of penal and educational reform. (Full article...)

• ... that in college Mark Cooney was a defensive end, center, and defensive tackle, but upon joining the NFL he was told to try a position that he had never played before?
• ... that according to a book by a friend of the Columbine shooters, students at Columbine High School would joke that their school was next for a mass shooting?
• ... that Richard Lee Morton became the head of the College of William & Mary's history department after two years of teaching?
• ... that the great-nephew of Leon Trotsky was a physician for the Black Panther Party and helped deinstitutionalize Willowbrook State School?
• ... that a 1968 protest at Bucks County Community College was one of only two gay-rights protests in the United States to occur on a college campus prior to the Stonewall riots?
• ... that South Australian politician Carlos Quaremba said of his childhood, "I was the only wog in the whole school"?
• ... that a San Diego State coach called Darius Durham "the best high school guy we've ever signed"?
• ... that retired United States Marine Corps three-star general Willie Williams originally planned to enlist in the Air Force after high school instead of going to college?