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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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Amador Valley High School is a comprehensive public high school in Pleasanton, California. It is one of three high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, along with Foothill High School and Village High School.

Founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High School (AVJUHS), it graduated its first class in 1923. Major construction and renovations were undertaken after district voters approved bonds in 1922, 1965, 1997, and 2016. (Full article...)

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Melbourne High School is a selective state school for boys in years 9 to 12 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently ranked the second highest scoring school in Victoria, and the highest available for boys. Its sister school for girls is the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Alumni range from Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, to Nick Green, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing.

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1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history.

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1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts

2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

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1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war.

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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 sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson are the first high school students to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with Nike?
... that despite published scholarship to the contrary, Andrew Planta neither received a doctorate nor taught mathematics at Erlangen?
... that future U.S. Supreme Court justice Wiley Rutledge married his college Greek instructor—in a tuberculosis sanatorium?
... that an abandoned Catholic church in China was used by a party school?
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... that the College Entrance Examination Board went back and forth over whether the Achievement Test in English Composition should include an essay component?
... that in the 1980s, Amanda Villepastour, now an ethnomusicologist at Cardiff University, was the keyboardist in Australian new wave band Eurogliders?
... that students at Pomona College are traditionally thrown into a fountain on their birthday?

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

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