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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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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill. It is known for introducing his ideas to the American public. It was published in America on November 7, 1960, by the Hart Publishing Company and later revised as Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood in 1993. Its contents are a repackaged collection from four of Neill's previous works. The foreword was written by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, who distinguished between authoritarian coercion and Summerhill.

The seven chapters of the book cover the origins and implementation of the school, and other topics in childrearing. Summerhill, founded in the 1920s, is run as a children's democracy under Neill's educational philosophy of self-regulation, where kids choose whether to go to lessons and how they want to live freely without imposing on others. The school makes its rules at a weekly schoolwide meeting where students and teachers each have one vote alike. Neill discarded other pedagogies for one of the innate goodness of the child. (Full article...)

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Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition located in rural Lancashire, England. Founded in 1593, Stonyhurst has a long-standing literary tradition. Former pupil Sir Arthur Conan Doyle modelled "Baskerville Hall" on Stonyhurst Hall, and named Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty, after a fellow pupil. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote part of the Lord of the Rings in a classroom on the Upper Gallery during his stay at the College.

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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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... that Gardiner Lyceum was the first vocational trade school in the United States?

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Portrait of Spaid from History of Hampshire County, West Virginia (1897)

Arthur Rusmiselle Miller Spaid (July 27, 1866 – March 16, 1936) was an American educator, school administrator, lecturer, and writer. He served as principal of Alexis I. duPont High School (1894–1903) in Wilmington, Delaware, superintendent of New Castle County Public Schools (1903–1913) in Delaware, superintendent of Dorchester County Public Schools (1913–1917) in Maryland, and Delaware State commissioner of Education (1917–1921).

Born in West Virginia, Spaid began his career in education as a schoolteacher in Virginia and as a school administrator in Ohio. After a decade as a principal Spaid became a superintendent; in this role he argued for compulsory education and the consolidation of New Castle County's rural public schools, instituted pay raises for teachers to mitigate a teacher shortage, and served on a committee to revise the state public school system's curriculum. (Full article...)

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... that Vikki Blanche did not take her Neighbours audition seriously, thinking that she would not be cast so soon after graduating from school?
... that KEVT, the first Spanish-language radio station in Tucson, offered English lessons from a University of Arizona professor?
... that Guy Parmelin, now President of Switzerland, opened the study program of cyber security of the Lucerne School of Information Technology in 2018?
... that the manager of WVSS at the University of Wisconsin–Stout spent about $6,000 of his own money to buy more than 500 classical music CDs to program the station?
... that even though Mother Mary Corona received no formal teacher training, she was the president of Alverno Teachers College?
... that Marshall ended a three-game college football bowl losing streak with its win in the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl?
... that Anderson Stadium in Austin, Texas, is the last high-school football stadium in the state built exclusively for African-American students?
... that future U.S. Supreme Court justice Wiley Rutledge married his college Greek instructor—in a tuberculosis sanatorium?

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Image 1Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 2Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 3György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 4Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University, has more than 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 5Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 6SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 7Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 8Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 9The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 10Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 11The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 12City College of New York (from College)
Image 13World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 14A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 15Pomona College (from College)
Image 16A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 17The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 18Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 19West 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 20St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 21Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 22The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the middle ages. (from History of education)
Image 23Albert 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 24One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 25Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 26Based around the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Notre Dame School was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 27Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 28Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 29St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 30Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 31Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 32King'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 33Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 34Vocational school in Nurmijärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 35Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 36Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 37Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 38Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 39A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 40Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 41Scripps College (from College)
Image 42The Oberlin Conservatory of Music shares its campus with Oberlin College. (from Music school)
Image 43First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 44To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 45King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 46The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 47Vammala's vocational school in Sastamala, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 48A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 49A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 50Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 51A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 52Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 53Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 54Loyola 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 55Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 56RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka. (from College)
Image 57Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 58Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)

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