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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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The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training and educational research. In the 1960s, ACS became a regional research center and a leadership hub for independent schools, and began to focus on the education of the gifted.

The school has occupied several structures in its history, including a small cottage on the Coonley Estate in Riverside, Illinois, and another building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen, who was known as "dean of the world's landscape architects". The campus has been expanded several times since the 1980s to create more space for arts, technology, and classrooms. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, citing the "long-lasting influence on schools throughout the country" of the educational program and the design of the building and grounds. (Full article...)

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The University of Wrocław is a public research university located in Wrocław, Poland. It was founded in 1945, replacing the previous German University of Breslau. Following the territorial changes of Poland's borders, academics restored the university building on the banks of the Oder river, which was heavily damaged and split as a result of the Battle of Breslau (1945). Nowadays, it is one of the most prominent educational institutions in the region.

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1922 – Institut Le Rosey's first alumni association, the "Old Rosey Association," is created in Switzerland

1925 – In the Scopes Trial, the Criminal Court of Tennessee upholds the Bulter Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." The case was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy.

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1988 – The Education Reform Act of 1988 is introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring that state schools of all Local Education Authorities have a common curriculum.

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1881 – Permission is received from Her Majesty Queen Victoria to rename Colombo Academy and Queens College in Sri Lanka to Royal College, Colombo

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Martha Watts (February 13, 1848 – December 30, 1909) was an American missionary and school teacher who established four educational facilities in Brazil. Educated in Kentucky at the Louisville Normal School, she was in the first graduating class in the early 1870s and became a teacher, working in the public schools. After joining the Broadway Methodist Church in 1874, Watts joined a youth missionary society and founded a Sunday school class. In 1881, after applying to the Women's Board of Foreign Missions, she was accepted as the second woman from the United States to act as a foreign missionary and was the first woman to be sent to Brazil.

Arriving in the state of São Paulo in 1881, Watts' mission was to establish a school in Piracicaba. Within months, though she only had one student, Watts had opened the Colégio Piracicabano and began by recruiting a French teacher, Marie Rennotte, in 1882. At the time, most educational materials had been translated into French, as it was the universal language of education. The two women worked together to design an innovative co-educational learning environment, which offered courses in languages, literature, mathematics, philosophy, and the natural and physical sciences. Though criticized by conservative sectors of society and the Catholic Church, Watts gained powerful supporters, including prominent progressive politicians, lawyers, masons, and abolitionists. By the 1890s, the school method and curricula had gained wide support, the student body had grown substantially, and their methods were being implemented throughout the state. (Full article...)

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

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