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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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Compulsory Miseducation is a critique of American public schools written by Paul Goodman and published by Horizon Press in 1964. Already established as a social critic of American society and the role of its youth in his previous book Growing Up Absurd (1960), Goodman argues in Compulsory Miseducation against the necessity of schools for the socialization of youth and recommends their abolition. He suggests that formal education lasts too long, teaches the wrong social class values, and increasingly damages students over time. Goodman writes that the school reflects the misguided and insincere values of its society and thus school reformers should focus on these values before schools. He proposes a variety of alternatives to school including no school, the city or farm as school, apprenticeships, guided travel, and youth organizations. Reviewers complimented Goodman's style and noted his deliberate contrarianism, but were split on the feasibility of his proposals. Goodman's book was a precursor to the work of deschooling advocate Ivan Illich. (Full article...)

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Shenandoah Valley Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational parochial boarding school located in New Market, Virginia. It is ranked as one of the best private schools in Virginia for getting into top ivy, little ivy, and public ivy universities. Pictured is the original building at Shenandoah Valley Academy pictured in 1924.

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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... that Manor Community College (pictured), a Cambridge school, has a headteacher who used to present a BBC childen's programme?

... that restoration of the Old Savannah School House was the first project undertaken by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands after its creation?

... that Samuel Johnson failed to get a job at Brewood Grammar School because headmaster William Budworth was concerned with Johnson's head movements?

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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 Odesa, 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 Ormond Beatty was the first Centre College president who was not a minister?
... that Enoch Marvin Banks resigned from the University of Florida because of public outrage over his belief that the American Civil War was caused by slavery?
... that journalist Maurice Smith helped establish a national curling championship for high school students in Canada?
... that Narciso Rodriguez for Her perfume was inspired by a bottle of Egyptian musk oil Narciso Rodriguez was given in high school?
... that Centre's 1921 defeat of Harvard is widely considered to be one of the greatest upsets in college football history?
... that Jonas Grethlein turned down chaired professorships at the universities of St Andrews and Cambridge?
... that John Berry Meachum anchored the Floating Freedom School in the Mississippi River under federal government protection?
... 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?

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The following are images from various school-related articles on Wikipedia.

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