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A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually 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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Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a liberal arts focus and selective admissions criteria located in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is the third-oldest active public high school in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.

The school is situated on a 38 acres (0.15 km²) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) Gothic tower. (Full article...)

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Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík or MR is the oldest gymnasium (Icelandic: Menntaskóli) in Reykjavík, Iceland. Many Icelandic politicians, including former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson and the current President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, attended MR. Almost every Prime Minister of Iceland has been educated at the school apart from Halldór Ásgrímsson, Ólafur Jóhannesson and Þorsteinn Pálsson.

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1958 – A fire breaks out at the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, killing a total of 92 pupils and 3 nuns. The severity of the fire shocks the United States and leads to major improvements in standards for school design and fire safety codes.

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1884 - Moose Jaw School District #1 and Qu'Appelle School District #2 were formally established Dec. 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education for the North West Territories, Canada

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1891 – James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

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2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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John Baldwin

John Baldwin (October 13, 1799 – December 28, 1884) was an American educator, and the founder of Baldwin Institute (later Baldwin University) in Berea, Ohio, which would eventually merge into Baldwin–Wallace College, now Baldwin-Wallace University. He was also the founder of Baker University and Baldwin City, Kansas, and contributed money to start schools in Bangalore, India that are today called Baldwin Boys High School, Baldwin Girls High School and Baldwin Co-Education Extension High School.

Born in Connecticut, Baldwin originally was a teacher in Maryland and Connecticut before moving to Ohio in the late 1820s. He became part of the lyceum movement and situated himself in Berea, Ohio. He opened up Baldwin Institute in 1846 upon seeing the dissolution of the Norwalk Seminary. Nine years later, the Institute became Baldwin University. He moved to Kansas around 1857, laying the foundation for Baldwin City, Kansas, as well as Baker University. In his later life, he purchased a Louisiana plantation and made contributions to education in India late in his life. (Full article...)

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... that Olympic gold medalist Dean Crawford was introduced to rowing when he found a rowing shell outside the students' union building at the University of Victoria?
... that college debates in the United States were originally conducted entirely in Latin?
... that the principal of a high school in Taiwan resigned after students held a Nazi-themed parade, complete with mock uniforms and a cardboard tank?
... that Marshall ended a three-game college football bowl losing streak with its win in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl?

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Image 1Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 2Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 3Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 4Scripps College (from College)
Image 5Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 6Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 7First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 8Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 9Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 10A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 11The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 12A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 13Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 14World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 15Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 16RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 17Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 18Pomona College (from College)
Image 19The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 20Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 21Loyola 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 22Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 23Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 24One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 25Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 26A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 27Albert 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 28SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 29Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 30A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 31King'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 32A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 33Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 34West 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 35György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational 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 classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 38Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 39Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 40King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 41Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 42Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 43Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 44Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational 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 46St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 47Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 48The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 49Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 50Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 51University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 52Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 53Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 54Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 55City College of New York (from College)
Image 56Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 57Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 58A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 59Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 60A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 61Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 62The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 63Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 64Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 65Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 66Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 67Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 68Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 69St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 70Braude College of Engineering (from College)

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