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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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Charterhouse Square, home to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, University of London. Medical training has taken place at Barts continuously since its foundation in 1123. Its college of medicine was formally founded in 1843. Prior to this date, however, it was already referred to as a "medical school".

There are forty-six medical schools in the United Kingdom where students can study for a medical degree. There are thirty-six medical schools in England, five in Scotland, three in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

All but Warwick Medical School, Swansea Medical School and Ulster University offer undergraduate courses in medicine. The Bute Medical School (University of St Andrews) only offers an undergraduate pre-clinical course, with students proceeding to another medical school for clinical studies. Although Oxford University and Cambridge University offer both pre-clinical and clinical courses in medicine, students who study pre-clinical medicine at one of these universities may move to another university for clinical studies. At other universities students stay at the same university for both pre-clinical and clinical work. (Full article...)

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The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the oldest public school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston elite, resulting in the school claiming many prominent Bostonians as alumni. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

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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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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 Prodigy Math Game was initially created as a school project?
... that after Nazi Germany placed anti-aircraft batteries on the property of the Genoa Conservatory, the school moved into the Villa Saluzzo Serra art museum to maintain the safety of its students?
... that some California schoolchildren build dioramas when learning about their state's Spanish missions?
... that American author Julie Jensen McDonald's first story was sold to a Sunday school paper for US$6.50?
... that Jim Nettles followed his older brother to San Diego State University and the Minnesota Twins, but preceded him in being diagnosed with prostate cancer?
... that Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque assisted in the founding of Malawi's first dental school in 2019?
... that although some of the players on Liberty Christian Preparatory School's eight-man football team had never played tackle football before, the team won the state championship in its first season?
... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game?

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Image 1To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 2RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 3The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 4SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 5Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 6Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 7Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 8Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 9A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 10World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 11Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 12Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 13King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 14First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 15Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 16Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 17Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 18Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 19A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 20A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 21Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 22A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 23Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 24Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 25Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 26The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 27City College of New York (from College)
Image 28The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 29Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 30Loyola 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 31Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 32The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 33Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 34Pomona College (from College)
Image 35Scripps College (from College)
Image 36King'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 37Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 38György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 39Albert 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 40Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 41Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 42St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 43Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 44One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 45Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 46Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 47Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 48Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 49St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 50The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 51A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 52Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 53A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 54Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 55Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 56Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 57West Park Secondary School in Toronto is an example. It was built in 1968 for students with slow learning or special needs. (from Vocational school)

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