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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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Benet Academy (often shortened to "Benet") is a co-educational, college-preparatory Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Since its founding in 1888, notable alumni have included Olympic athletes, professional American football players, winners of Grammy and Academy Awards, singer David Bickler from Survivor, and a former Illinois Attorney General.

An alumni directory compiled in 1937 reveals that older alumni have included members of the clergy, businessmen, physicians, educators, attorneys, musicians, and journalists. For the 2010–11 school year, 1,333 students were enrolled at Benet. (Full article...)

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The St. Thomas School of Leipzig (German: Thomasschule zu Leipzig) was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world. St. Thomas School is well known for its art, language and music education. The Humanistic Gymnasium has a very long list of distinguished former students, including Richard Wagner (1813–1883) and many members of the Bach family.

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1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history.

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1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts

2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

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1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war.

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... that the headmaster of Shardlow Hall (pictured), a school in Derbyshire, played soccer for England?

... that the International High School in Paterson, New Jersey, was built with triple-pane windows to keep out noise from Interstate 80, located just 20 feet (6 m) from the school building?

... that after 175 years in operation the Red Brick School, one of the oldest single room school houses in the U.S., closed in 2008?

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Joseph Havens Richards SJ (born Havens Cowles Richards; November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent president of Georgetown University, where he instituted major reforms and significantly enhanced the quality and stature of the university. Richards was born to a prominent Ohio family; his father was an Episcopal priest who controversially converted to Catholicism and had the infant Richards secretly baptized as a Catholic.

Richards became the president of Georgetown University in 1888 and undertook significant construction, such as the completion of Healy Hall, which included work on Gaston Hall and Riggs Library, and the building of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards sought to transform Georgetown into a modern, comprehensive university. To that end, he bolstered the graduate programs, expanded the School of Medicine and Law School, established the Georgetown University Hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and recruited prominent faculty. He also navigated tensions with the newly established Catholic University of America, which was located in the same city. Richards fought anti-Catholic discrimination by Ivy League universities, resulting in Harvard Law School admitting graduates of some Jesuit universities. (Full article...)

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... that in 1951, the University of Arizona radio bureau produced four different programs that aired on four different Tucson stations?
... that Hans Haselböck, later an international concert organist and professor at the Vienna Music Academy, began 65 years as organist at the Dominican Church, Vienna, on 4 November 1949?
... that George Schollenberger was so well known as a high-school football coach that teams in the National Football League sometimes asked for his opinions?
... that Faith Cabin Library at Seneca Junior College in South Carolina is also called the "Oberlin Unit" because of the donations of books by the students of Oberlin College in Ohio?
... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday?
... that scholars disagree about whether the closure of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations in 1953 had anything to do with McCarthyism?
... that former Basketball Bundesliga player Dennis Tinnon worked at a slaughterhouse before he was recruited to play college basketball?
... that the injuries Anthony W. Case suffered in a school shooting led him to give up baseball and turn to astrophysics as a career?

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