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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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R v Hopley (more commonly known as the Eastbourne manslaughter) was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. The case concerned the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor (some sources give his name as Chancellor and his age as 13 or 14) at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley. Hopley used corporal punishment with the stated intention of overcoming what he perceived as stubbornness on Cancellor's part, but instead beat the boy to death.

An inquest into Cancellor's death began when his brother requested an autopsy. As a result of the inquest Hopley was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was found guilty at trial and sentenced to four years in prison, although he insisted that his actions were justifiable and that he was not guilty of any crime. The trial was sensationalised by the Victorian press and incited debate over the use of corporal punishment in schools. After Hopley's release and subsequent divorce trial, he largely disappeared from the public record. The case became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools and reasonable limits on discipline. (Full article...)

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Father's Building (Languages) and the Mackenzie Building (Admissions) at Lawrenceville School

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The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12 located in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S. As of June 30, 2006, its endowment was roughly $229 million, or nearly $290,000 per student. Its alumni range from Nobel laureate George Akerlof to former Disney CEO Michael Eisner.

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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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... that Dougherty Valley High School was the first real-estate developer-built high school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District?

... that Christian Zheng Sheng College (pictured) on Lantau, Hong Kong, has a dormitory on Cheung Chau from which students take small ferries called kai-tos to get to school?

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Maria Grzegorzewska (18 April 1887 – 7 May 1967) was a Polish educator who brought the special education movement to Poland. Born to a family from the Żmudź region, she was strongly influenced by her parents' beliefs in humanitarianism. After attending clandestine schools to earn her basic education from Polish rather than Russian educators, she obtained her teaching credentials in Lithuania. She continued her education at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and in 1913 joined her countrywoman, Józefa Joteyko in Brussels to study at the International Paedological Faculty. When her studies in Belgium were interrupted by World War I, Grzegorzewska made her way to Paris and earned her PhD from the Sorbonne in 1916.

After the establishment of the Second Polish Republic in 1918, Grzegorzewska returned to Poland intent upon creating programs which addressed the needs of disabled children and introducing educational reforms to improve their lives. In 1919, she began working for the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education, establishing facilities for the care of disabled children, schools for special education, and training programs for teachers. Using her own methodology, she designed curriculum which in 1922 was implemented at the newly founded State Institute of Special Education [pl] (Polish: Państwowy Instytut Pedagogiki Specjalnej). She directed this institute from its founding until her death. (Full article...)

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... that Edward A. McGurk disbanded the College of the Holy Cross's football team because he did not want it playing outside Worcester?
... that the College Entrance Examination Board went back and forth over whether the Achievement Test in English Composition should include an essay component?
... that Kent Gaydos played quarterback in high school, then wide receiver in college, and in the NFL changed to tight end before going back to receiver, then tight end again, and then receiver once more?
... that Lulwah Al-Qatami was the first woman from Kuwait to study at a university abroad?
... that when Rain Pryor drew a picture of her friend Skeeter the unicycling clown in school, her teacher said that there were no Black clowns?
... that the U.S. Bank Center in Seattle once had a Montessori school on the 23rd floor?
... that when Ralph Sazio, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee, visited Boston University to scout a player, he became so impressed by Dave Viti that he signed him instead?
... that Anderson Stadium in Austin, Texas, is the last high-school football stadium in the state built exclusively for African-American students?

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Image 1The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 2St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 3Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 4The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 5Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 6Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 7First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 8The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 9A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 10Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 11RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 12A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 13The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 14Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 15Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 16Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 17King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 18A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 19A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 20Loyola 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 21King'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 22Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 23György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 24World 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
- 0.500–0.549
- 0.450–0.499
- 0.400–0.449
- 0.350–0.399
- under 0.350
- not available
(from History of education)
Image 25One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 26Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 27Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 28Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 29Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 30Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 31Albert 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 32A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 33Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 34Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 35Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 36Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 37To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 38The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 39West 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 40Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 41Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 42City College of New York (from College)
Image 43Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 44Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 45Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 46SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 47Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 48Scripps College (from College)
Image 49Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 50Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 51Pomona College (from College)
Image 52Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 53Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 54A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 55St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 56Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 57Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)

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