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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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Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, Church of England, private day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Founded by the Guild of the Holy Trinity in 1379, it is one of the oldest schools in the country.

Chartered by Edward VI in 1549 as a grammar school for boys, for much of its history it offered a largely classical curriculum of Greek, Latin and arithmetic under the governance of the Wisbech Corporation. The school has moved premises several times since its foundation, being based in St Peter's Church, the old guildhall in Hill Street and on South Brink before merging with the Wisbech High School for Girls in 1970 at the present site on North Brink. (Full article...)

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La Martinière College is a premiere educational institution located in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The College consists of two schools: La Martinière Boys' College was founded in 1845 and La Martinière Girls' College was established in 1869. The Boys' College is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours.

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In the United States, August is National Back to School Month.

Filipino schools and theaters celebrate Filipino Language Month ("Buwan ng Wika") in August.

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1949 – Reconstruction of Rizal High School in the Philippines, the largest secondary school in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is completed after the original building was destroyed from carpet-bombing by American Liberation Forces during World War II.

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2005 – Hurricane Katrina damages or destroys more than 100 of the 128 school buildings under the school district New Orleans Public Schools.

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James Morris III ((1752-01-19)January 19, 1752 – (1820-04-20)April 20, 1820) was a Continental Army officer from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the Morris Academy, a pioneer in coeducation.

Born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, James Morris spent his early life hoping and training to be a minister. However, after graduating from Yale College, Morris accepted a commission of First Lieutenant from the Continental Army and joined the fight for American Independence. Morris was captured during the Battle of Germantown and spent most of the remaining war in captivity. Upon his release, Morris was promoted to the rank of Captain and supported Alexander Hamilton in the Siege of Yorktown. When he returned from the war, Morris began and ran an academy that trained both boys and girls together, a rarity at the time. (Full article...)

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... that the documentary Boggy Creek Monster, about the Fouke Monster, had its first screening at a middle school?
... that John Holahan recalled both being called a "lunatic" by his school's president for seeking a football game at night and being told afterward by the president, "I was the lunatic, not you"?
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The following are images from various school-related articles on Wikipedia.

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