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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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The Royal College of Elizabeth, better known as Elizabeth College, is a co-educational independent school in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. A member of the HMC (The Heads' Conference), it is a public school in the British sense of the term. Founded on 25 May 1563 by royal charter from Elizabeth I, it is one of the oldest schools in the British Isles and the oldest public school in the Channel Islands.

The school endured a turbulent two and a half centuries after its foundation, with several principals being dismissed or resigning following disputes with the local authorities. In 1824, it was re-chartered with new staff and an improved curriculum to attract fee-paying pupils from England. During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the school was evacuated to Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. Having been a boarding school since its foundation, the decline in the number of pupils admitted as boarders following the world war period meant the school became a day school in 1996. The school became co-educational in 2021. (Full article...)

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Robert College of Istanbul (Turkish: Istanbul Amerikan Robert Lisesi) is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. The Institution is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside of the United States, and has a long list of notable alumni, including Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk.

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1878 – Phillips Academy plays a game of football against Phillips Exeter Academy, starting one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States

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1900 – Kyunggi High School, the oldest modern secondary school in Korea, opens in South Korea under an edict by King Gojong

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1959 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

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1966 – The Plowden Report reviews Primary education in England in a wholesale fashion.

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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 while he was a teacher in France, George Buchanan wrote a school play about Jephthah's sacrifice of his daughter?
... that the Jefferson Scholarship gives scholars more than $293,000 to attend the University of Virginia?
... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?
... that Jaz Brisack, leader of the movement to unionize Starbucks, was the first woman Rhodes Scholar at the University of Mississippi?
... that Fumiya Takahashi was referred to as "the most handsome high schooler in Japan"?
... that journalist Maurice Smith helped establish a national curling championship for high school students in Canada?
... that Dash for Cash, an event in which teachers competed to grab one-dollar bills to pay for school supplies, was criticized for being dehumanizing?
... that Giovanni Manu was the first player from his university ever to be selected in the NFL draft?

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Image 1Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 2First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 3Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 4Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 5West 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 6Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 7The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 8Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 9A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 10To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 11Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 12RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 13Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 14A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 15The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 16Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 17Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 18Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 19Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 20Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 21Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 22Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 23Pomona College (from College)
Image 24Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 25Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 26Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 27Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 28Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 29Scripps College (from College)
Image 30Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 31One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 32Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 33King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 34A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 35City College of New York (from College)
Image 36Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 37Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 38Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 39Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 40Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 41A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 42A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 43St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 44Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 45The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 46Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 47Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 48St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 49Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 50Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 51Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 52Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 53Loyola 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 54Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 55Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 56György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 57University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 58King'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 59World 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 60Albert 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 61Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 62Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 63A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 64A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 65Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 66Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 67SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 68A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 69The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 70Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

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