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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 Judd School (often known simply as Judd) is an 11–18 voluntary aided, grammar school and sixth form in Tonbridge, Kent, England. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, where it remained for eight years before moving to its present location on Brook Street, in the south of the town. Founded by the Worshipful Company of Skinners, it was named after 16th century merchant Sir Andrew Judde, whose endowment helped fund the school. The Skinners' Company maintains close links with the school and makes up the majority of the governing body.

There are 1019 students in the school aged 11 to 18; the lower school is all boys, but of 350 students aged 16–18 in the sixth form, up to 60 are girls. The first headmaster was William Bryant, who oversaw the transition to the present site before his retirement in 1908. The current headmaster as of 2017 is Jon Wood, who replaced the previous headmaster, Robert Masters, at the start of the September 2017 year. (Full article...)

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The sun setting on Korean Minjok Leadership Academy

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Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (Korean: 민족사관고등학교, Hanja: 民族史觀高等學校), also known as KMLA or Minsago (민사고) for short, is a private high school located in the countryside of Gangwon-do, South Korea. In 2007, the Wall Street Journal listed KMLA as one of the best secondary schools in the world for gaining admission to top American universities.

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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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Percy Shaw Jeffrey FRGS (14 March 1862 Cheltenham, England – 22 February 1952) was a respected English schoolmaster and author of several books on a range of topics, including significant contributions towards the teaching of phonetics in schools. Shaw Jeffrey taught at a variety of schools before spending sixteen years as headmaster at Colchester Royal Grammar School. With his wife, Alice, he retired first to South Africa, then to the town of Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1916, where he spent his time between numerous trips to countries around the world. (Full article...)

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... that Iraqi poet Isa Hasan al-Yasiri ran away from school at 10 years old, before travelling with a camel caravan overnight to another village?

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Image 1Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 2A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 3King'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 4Braude College of Engineering (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 7Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 8György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 9Albert 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 10World 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
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- 0.450–0.499
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- 0.350–0.399
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(from History of education)
Image 11Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 12Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 13The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 14A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 15Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 16Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 17West 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 18Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 19Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 20Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 21Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 22First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 23St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 24Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 25One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 26Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 27City College of New York (from College)
Image 28To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 29King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 30Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 31Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 32A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 33Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 34Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 35A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 36Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 37A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 38Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 39SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 40St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 41The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 42Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 43Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 44The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 45The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 46Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 47Pomona College (from College)
Image 48The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 49RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 50Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 51A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 52Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 53Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 54Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 55Scripps College (from College)
Image 56Loyola 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 57Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)

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