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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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Barnard Castle School (colloquially Barney School or locally the County School) is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It was founded in 1883 with funding from a 13th-century endowment of John I de Balliol and the bequest of the local industrialist Benjamin Flounders. The ambition was to create a school of the quality of the ancient public schools at a more reasonable cost, whilst accepting pupils regardless of their faith.

Originally the North Eastern County School, the name was changed in 1924, but is still generally known locally as the "County School". The school is set in its own 50-acre (20 ha) grounds in Teesdale, within the North Pennines, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An on-site prep school caters for pupils aged 4 to 11, while the senior school caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was previously funded by direct grant. Founded as an all-boys school, it has been fully co-educational since 1993. There are around 660 pupils and some 200 members of staff. (Full article...)

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Stuyvesant High School (IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/), commonly referred to as Stuy (IPA: /ˈstаɪ/), is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. It is one of the most competitive public high schools in the United States, sending more students to some of the nation's most prestigious universities than most other public or private schools. Stuyvesant has produced many notable alumni including four Nobel laureates.

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon on 25 October 2009 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya, and has held this title since 1988.

Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint Tulsidas. He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students. Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, had no formal education until the age of seventeen years, and has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose. (Full article...)

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

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