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A school is both the educational institution and building designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students 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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Gordonstoun is a Scottish co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn, it is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Charles, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun.

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May

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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... that the Bolhrad High School (pictured) in Bolhrad, Ukraine, was founded by the Bessarabian Bulgarian diaspora as the first high school of the Bulgarian National Revival period?
... that the now defunct Heritage Christian School in Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a chariot race?
... that despite being located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Assumption Preparatory School followed French custom in holding classes on Saturday mornings but not on Thursday or Saturday afternoons?

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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 Jäñgir-Kerei Khan was responsible for establishing the first school, settlement, hospital, and museum in the Bukey Horde?
... that Carson Steele, known as the "Man of Steele", has a pet alligator named Crocky-J and has been called "the most interesting man" in college football?
... 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?
... that at the age of 27 New Zealand entrepreneur Jamie Beaton had degrees from Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, and Tsinghua University, and was working on his seventh degree, from Yale?
... that the stylized animation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was inspired by rough sketches in school notebooks?
... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College?
... that James A. Merriman was the only Black graduate from Rush Medical College in 1902 and the first African-American physician to practice medicine in Portland?
... that Vito Trause, who dropped out of high school during his junior year to join the United States Army in 1943, received his high school diploma at the age of 92?

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Image 1A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 2Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 3A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 4A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 5Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 6One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 7World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 8RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 9SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 10The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 11Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 12Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 13Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 14Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 15Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 16Scripps College (from College)
Image 17Albert 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 18Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 19Loyola 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 20The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 21First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 22King'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 23The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 24A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 25Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 26Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 27Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 28Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 29Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 30Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 31The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 32Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 33A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 34Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 35Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 36St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 37Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 38Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 39St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 40Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 41A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 42City College of New York (from College)
Image 43Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 44Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 45Pomona College (from College)
Image 46Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 47Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 48The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 49King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 50To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 51Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 52West 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 53György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 54Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 55Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 56Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 57Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)

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