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A school is an educational institution 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. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional 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 US) and secondary (middle school in the US) 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 a school of dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods.

Non-government schools, also known as private schools, may be required when the government does not supply adequate, or specific educational needs. Other private schools can also be religious, such as Christian schools, gurukula (Hindu schools), madrasa (Arabic schools), hawzas (Shi'i Muslim schools), yeshivas (Jewish schools), and others; or schools that have a higher standard of education or seek to foster other personal achievements. Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training, military education and training and business schools.

Critics of school often accuse the school system of failing to adequately prepare students for their future lifes, of encouraging certain temperaments while inhibiting others, of prescribing students exactly what to do, how, when, where and with whom, which would suppress creativity, and of using extrinsic measures such as grades and homework, which would inhibit children's natural curiosity and desire to learn.

In homeschooling and distance education, teaching and learning take place independent from the institution of school or in a virtual school outside a traditional school building respectively. Schools are commonly organized in several different organizational models, including departmental, small learning communities, academies, integrated, and schools-within-a-school. (Full article...)

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Chetham's School of Music (/ˈtʃɛtəmz/) is an independent co-educational music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates students between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. Students receive a full academic education alongside specialist group and individual music tuition.

Chetham's offers a year-round programme of concerts at the school, Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Northern College of Music, Band on the Wall and Bridgewater Hall. Recitals also take place in churches and community spaces, at festivals and internationally. Its senior ensembles, Chetham's Symphony Orchestra and Big Band, alongside many individual students, have won awards for their music, and many alumni have progressed to highly successful careers as professional musicians or in other sectors. (Full article...)

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Bergen katedralskole (English: Bergen Cathedral School, Latin: Schola Cathedralis Bergensis, colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. The school is thought to have been founded in 1153 by Nicholas Breakspear (later Pope Adrian IV). The school has a reputation as a prestigious school, because of its history and high grade requirements. Its alumni includes Frederik Stang, Norway's first prime minister.

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1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.

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1851 – Scotch College, an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for boys opens in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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1976 – James Callaghan gives a speech at Ruskin College, Oxford, starting what has since become known as 'The Great Debate', and eventually leading to the introduction of the National Curriculum into England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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1950 – The program on Halloween known as "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" starts in a Philadelphia suburb.

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Arnold Ephraim Ross (August 24, 1906 – September 25, 2002) was a mathematician and educator who founded the Ross Mathematics Program, a number theory summer program for gifted high school students. He was born in Chicago, but spent his youth in Odessa, Ukraine, where he studied with Samuil Shatunovsky. Ross returned to Chicago and enrolled in University of Chicago graduate coursework under E. H. Moore, despite his lack of formal academic training. He received his Ph.D. and married his wife, Bee, in 1931.

Ross taught at several institutions including St. Louis University before becoming chair of University of Notre Dame's mathematics department in 1946. He started a teacher training program in mathematics that evolved into the Ross Mathematics Program in 1957 with the addition of high school students. The program moved with him to Ohio State University when he became their department chair in 1963. Though forced to retire in 1976, Ross ran the summer program until 2000. He had worked with over 2,000 students during more than forty summers. (Full article...)

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... that John McMillan's Log School (pictured), a latin school that eventually developed into Washington & Jefferson College, is regarded as the oldest educational building west of the Allegheny Mountains?
... that in 1979 only two students registered to join Ai Tong School, now one of the most popular schools in Singapore?
... that Gardiner Lyceum was the first vocational trade school in the United States?

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Image 1Mental Calculations. In the school of S.Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 2A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 3Based around the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Notre Dame School was an important centre of polyphonic music (from Music school)
Image 4Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 5Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 6Kallavesi High School, a secondary school building in Kuopio, Finland (from School)
Image 7Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia. (from College)
Image 8Graduates of the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory include Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 9City College of New York (from College)
Image 10Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 11West 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 12Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 13Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018. (from College)
Image 14Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. (from Music school)
Image 15The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 16Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University, has more than 1,600 students (from Music school)
Image 17The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the middle ages. (from History of education)
Image 18Larkmead School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (from School)
Image 19Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. (from College)
Image 20St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa. (from College)
Image 21Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Virtual school)
Image 22Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (from College)
Image 23Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 24Pomona College (from College)
Image 25Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Virtual school)
Image 26Scripps College (from College)
Image 27World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 28One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 29Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England. (from College)
Image 30King'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 31A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 32A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 33ORT Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 34SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 35Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 36The University of Otago in New Zealand. (from College)
Image 37Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 38Chemistry lesson at a German Gymnasium, Bonn, 1988 (from School)
Image 39Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (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 41Loyola 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 42To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 43Vocational school in Nurmijärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 44Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 45György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 46Albert 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 47Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 48Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 49Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills (from Vocational school)
Image 50First primary school building in Badagry, Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 51The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 52Parliament Square, Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. (from College)
Image 53ESL online learning (from School)
Image 54The Oberlin Conservatory of Music shares its campus with Oberlin College. (from Music school)
Image 55Vammala's vocational school in Sastamala, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 56Bowdoin College (from College)

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