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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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A direct grant grammar school was a type of selective secondary school in the United Kingdom that existed between 1945 and 1976. One quarter of the places in these schools were directly funded by central government, while the remainder attracted fees, some paid by a Local Education Authority and some by the pupils' parents or guardians. On average, the schools received just over half of their income from the state.

The status was introduced in England and Wales by the Education Act 1944 as a modification of an existing direct grant scheme to some long standing endowed grammar schools. There were 179 direct grant grammar schools, which, together with almost 1,300 grammar schools maintained by local authorities, formed the most academic tier of the Tripartite System. They varied greatly in size and composition, but, on average, achieved higher academic results than either maintained grammar schools or private schools. (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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May

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková (17 April 1868 – 16 October 1915) was a Moravian teacher, journal editor, and women's rights activist. Born into a family of progressive educators, she studied to become a teacher, graduating in 1886. Her Catholic education led her to more conservative values than her family's, but after teaching for several years, she began to recognize the disparities between women and men teachers, as well as those of their students. By 1898, she was publicly calling for equal pay for equal work and campaigning for equal education for boys and girls. In 1902, Wiedermannová founded and became chair of the Moravian Teachers Union, whose focus was to professionalize teaching standards. The following year, she opened a Girls' Academy in Brno, hoping later to include secondary education there. As the Austro-Hungarian Empire provided little funding for girls' education, she held lectures to provide for the operating costs of the academy. Finally in 1908, she successfully established the first girls' secondary school in Moravia.

That year, Wiedermannová founded and became the editor for Ženská revue (Women's Review), a magazine publishing articles on developments in the international women's movement. Also in 1908, she began an informal marriage with fellow teacher Vincenc Motyčka. As he was Catholic and unable to divorce his first wife, the two were not able to formalize their union, but she added his surname to her own. In 1909, she retired as a teacher to focus on activism. She became one of the most visible Czech feminists, presenting over a hundred lectures during her career. She founded numerous women's associations and in 1910 was instrumental in the creation of a regional umbrella organization, the Progressive Organization of Women in Moravia, actively committed to women's suffrage and the integration of women into all segments of public life. (Full article...)

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... that when he was the rector of the University of Indonesia, Asman Boedisantoso Ranakusuma sometimes took the train to campus to overhear criticism of the school?
... that Hikaru Natsumi contributed to adult comic magazines while still in high school?
... that Georgia's racketeering law has been used to prosecute an assisted-suicide group, schoolteachers in a cheating scandal, a fake dentist, and Donald Trump?
... that Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump, played football for Liverpool?
... that while he was a teacher in France, George Buchanan wrote a school play about Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter?
... that social psychologist Lotte Bailyn, the first woman faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is an expert in work and family dynamics?
... that Iraqi psychologist Nuri Ja'far, in his youth, was denied admission to the College of Medicine University of Baghdad by Harry Sinderson?
... that Nilofer Khan was appointed the first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir on 19 May 2022?

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Image 1Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 2Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 3First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 4The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 5RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 6A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 7Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 8Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 9Loyola 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 10Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 11Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 12Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 13SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 14The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 15To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 16Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 17A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 18Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 19The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 20Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 21World 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
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- 0.550–0.599
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- 0.450–0.499
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- under 0.350
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(from History of education)
Image 22Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 23Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 24Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 25Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 26A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 27City College of New York (from College)
Image 28St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 29Scripps College (from College)
Image 30A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 31Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 32Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 33One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 34Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 35Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 36A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 37Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 38The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 39Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
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 41King'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 42Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 43A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 44Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 45Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 46St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 47West 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 48Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 49György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 50Pomona College (from College)
Image 51Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 52Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 53Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 54Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 55Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 56The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 57Albert 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)

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