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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 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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École L'Odyssée (French pronunciation: [ekɔl lɔdiˈse], English: "Odyssey School") is a public francophone high school in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is part of the province's Francophone Sud School District, offering education to students from grade nine to twelve. The school opened on September 30, 2005 as part of a $24.2 million project, alongside the adjoining middle school, École Le Mascaret. École L'Odyssée was conceived as a way to alleviate the overcrowding problem at École Mathieu-Martin in nearby Dieppe, a problem the district has had in the past. The Odyssée-Mascaret project, as well as the future Carrefour de l'Acadie middle school, replaced the former École Beauséjour and École Vanier complexes. This move allowed the Moncton Hospital to expand, while the Vanier establishment made way for medical offices. On September 9, 2009, the school was given permission to begin an $884,000 expansion for its far side, allowing for a larger space to be reserved for its infirmary and orientation center.

As of September 2010, the school holds 767 students out of its capacity of 850, compared to 971 students at École Mathieu-Martin. It is the only French high school in Moncton. (Full article...)

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National Tainan First Senior High School (Chinese: 國立臺南第一高級中學) is a public senior high school in Tainan City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1922 and is often considered one of the most prestigious secondary schools in southern Taiwan. Alumni include former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, director Ang Lee, and head of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-pyng.

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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Giovanni Antonio Grassi SJ (anglicized as John Anthony Grassi; 10 September 1775 – 12 December 1849) was an Italian Catholic priest and Jesuit who led many academic and religious institutions in Europe and the United States, including Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. and the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome.

Born in the Republic of Venice, Grassi was a promising student of mathematics and the natural sciences, especially astronomy. He completed his studies at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, in the Russian Empire, in 1804 and was appointed rector of the Institute for Nobles. The following year, he was ordered to replace the last remaining Jesuit missionary in China; this began a five-year journey across Europe in which he was ultimately unable to secure passage to the distant country. He instead began teaching at Stonyhurst College in England. (Full article...)

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Image 1World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 2Loyola 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 3Scripps College (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 6Vammala's vocational school in Sastamala, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 7Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 8The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 9Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 10Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 11A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 12Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 13Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 14Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 15The activity of carrying out the flag ceremony at Indonesian schools every Monday morning, With the aim of educating discipline and a sense of national spirit (from School)
Image 16Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University, has more than 1,600 students (from Music school)
Image 17Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 18Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 19Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 20Albert 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 21Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 22City College of New York (from College)
Image 23Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. (from Music school)
Image 24King'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 25Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 26Based around the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Notre Dame School was an important centre of polyphonic music (from Music school)
Image 27First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 28St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 29Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 30Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 31Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 32Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 33György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 34A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 35Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 36Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 37A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
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 40The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 41Pomona College (from College)
Image 42Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 43To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 44The Oberlin Conservatory of Music shares its campus with Oberlin College. (from Music school)
Image 45An online class in Greece. Online classes have been very common during the early 2020s due to Covid pandemic. (from Online school)
Image 46Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 47King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 48The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 49RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka. (from College)
Image 50Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 51Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 52SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 53Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 54St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 55The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the middle ages. (from History of education)
Image 56The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 57Vocational school in Nurmijärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 58Online class in Greece, October 2021. Online classes have been very common during the early 2020s, due to the mass closures of schools as a result of the Covid pandemic. (from School)

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