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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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Dougherty Valley High School (commonly Dougherty, Dougherty Valley, Dougherty Valley High, DVHS, or DV High) is a public high school located in the Windemere development of San Ramon, California, United States. The valley name comes from James Witt Dougherty, a 19th-century landowner and local politician.

It is one of four high schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD), along with California High School, San Ramon Valley High School, and Monte Vista High School. Constructed by Shapell Industries of California and Windemere Ranch Partners BLC, Dougherty was the first developer-built school in the SRVUSD. The school opened its doors in 2007. (Full article...)

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National Tainan First Senior High School (Chinese: 國立臺南第一高級中學) is a public senior high school in Tainan City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1922 and is often considered one of the most prestigious secondary schools in southern Taiwan. Alumni include former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, director Ang Lee, and head of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-pyng.

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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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...that the First Tokyo Middle School, one of the top public secondary schools in Japan, expelled all of its Korean international students in 1905 when they demonstrated against the Eulsa Treaty between Japan and Korea?

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Zay, portrait produced for the 50th anniversary of the Adele Zay School 1884–1935, Kronstadt, Romania

Adele Zay (29 February 1848 – 29 December 1928) was a Transylvanian teacher, feminist and pedagogue. Her family were part of the German-speaking community of the Kingdom of Hungary. Because of her father's death during her infancy, Zay's education was interrupted by periods where she taught to earn money in order to continue private and formal studies. In 1880 after studying abroad in Vienna and Gotha, she passed her primary education certification for Germany and Hungary. The following year, she was certified as a secondary teacher, becoming the first Transylvanian woman to have earned a higher education. From 1875 to 1884, she taught at the Institute of Irma Keméndy in Szeged.

After almost a decade in Szeged, Zay accepted a post at a newly established normal school for training kindergarten teachers in Kronstadt (Brassó). Though ostensibly a teacher, from the beginning Zay was the creative force behind the development of the school and designed the syllabus. She led the school from 1884 to 1927, becoming its official director in 1922. Simultaneously with her relocation to Kronstadt, Zay joined the General Women's Association of the Transylvanian Evangelical Church and became one of the leaders in pressing for women's rights. She successfully agitated for kindergarten and handicraft teachers to be recognized as educators and entitled to pensions. She lobbied for the teaching profession to be opened to women, which was accomplished in 1901, and for a women's normal school to be established, which occurred in 1903. (Full article...)

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... that Professor of Engineering and the Arts Linda Doyle in 2021 became the first female provost (head) of Trinity College Dublin since its 1592 foundation by Elizabeth I?
... that the Phoenixonian Institute was the first African-American high school in California?
... that elementary school students named the Wooden Warrior roller coaster?
... that spectators climbed up to Fortitude, Justice, and Liberty on College Street, Dublin, to get a view of Queen Victoria?
... that Michael F. Adams was the first president of Centre College not to be a Presbyterian?
... that during World War II, Leonard K. Carson led an air combat school within his fighter unit, called "Clobber College"?
... that the National Women's Basketball Association's methods of selling tickets were derided as "like something from grammar school"?
... that the Williamsburg Bray School – the "oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children" – was moved a second time in February 2023?

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

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