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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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Pūnana Leo (lit. 'voice nest'; often translated as "language nest") are private, non-profit preschools run by families, in which the Hawaiian language is the language of instruction and administration.

Initially opened illegally, the first Pūnana Leo opened in 1984 in Kekaha, Kauaʻi. Based on the practices of 19th-century Hawaiian-language schools, as well as the Māori language revival kindergartens in New Zealand, the Pūnana Leo was the first indigenous language immersion preschool project in the United States. Graduates from the Pūnana Leo schools have achieved several measures of academic success in later life. (Full article...)

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Robert College of Istanbul (Turkish: Istanbul Amerikan Robert Lisesi) is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. The Institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside of the United States, and has a long list of notable alumni, including Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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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 since being closed in 1973 for desegregation, Washington School (pictured) in Ossining, New York, has been used as offices and a church?

... that Nelson Mandela went especially to Ohlange High School to see a grave and to place his vote in South Africa's first free election?

... that faced with high teacher turnover rates, Hertford County Public Schools helped build teacher housing?

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Carmen Casco de Lara Castro (17 June 1918 – 8 May 1993) was a Paraguayan teacher, women's and human rights advocate, and politician. She established one of the first independent human rights organizations in Latin America and fought for both women's equality and an end to state-sponsored terrorism under the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. She was influential in passing legislation for pay equity and maternity rights, as well as securing the repeal of laws curtailing basic human rights.

Born into an influential family, Casco was educated as a teacher and taught from the end of the 1930s to 1965. Having relatives sent into exile and witnessing the devastation of two wars, she was propelled into working to alleviate the suffering of those who were more marginalized than she. Initially she began working on issues involving women and political prisoners. When elected to serve on the 1967 Constitutional Assembly, she worked to have basic human rights added to the Paraguayan Constitution. One of the founders of the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights of Paraguay, she became its president and served in that capacity until her death. Unable to prosecute those who abused others' liberties, the organization focused on providing aid to victims but also compiled information on those who had been forcibly "disappeared". (Full article...)

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... that according to Ron Howard, his high school classmates teased him by whistling "The Andy Griffith Show Theme"?
... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College?
... that the suspect in a deadly shooting at the University of North Carolina was a graduate student of the victim?
... that Jaleel McLaughlin went from being homeless to being college football's all-time leading rusher?
... that Akbar Bhawan, which houses the South Asian University and offices of India's Ministry of External Affairs, was originally a hotel?
... that girls at a school for children deemed "educationally subnormal" were given far less freedom than boys in order to prevent "sexual misbehaviour"?
... that the first studio of Indiana high school radio station WETL was a cedar closet that had once stored furs?
... that Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler, the first woman to earn a physics doctorate at the University of Vienna, co-founded the first Viennese commercial academy for girls?

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Image 1Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 2A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 3Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 4Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 5A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 6King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 7Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 8Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 9West 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 10Istanbul 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 11Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 12Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 13To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (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 15Literacy 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 16Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 17Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 18A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 19Aristotle 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 20Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 21City College of New York (from College)
Image 22Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 23Scripps College (from College)
Image 24Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 25A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 26Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 27Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 28Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 29Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 30The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 31Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 32A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 33Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 34University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 35Loyola 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 36Established 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 37A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 38Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 39Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 40SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 41First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 42Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 43RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 44Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 45Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 46Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 47The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 48Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 49Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 50Albert 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 51Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 52Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 53The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 54Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 55One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 56Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 57Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 58St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 59The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 60Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 61A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 62World 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 63Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 64Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 65Pomona College (from College)
Image 66St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 67György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 68Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 69A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 70Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

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