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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 United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is an American academic competition for high school students. The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. The Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech. The Super Quiz replaces one of the seven objective events; since 2003, it has alternated between replacing science and social science. The Academic Decathlon requires participation from students of all levels of academic ability; teams generally consist of nine members, who are divided into three divisions based on grade point average: Honors (3.80–4.00 GPA), Scholastic (3.20–3.79 GPA), and Varsity (0.00–3.19 GPA). Though teams consist of nine members (three from each category), only the top two individuals from each category are counted in the final team score. Each student has the possibility of scoring up to 10,000 points, for a combined team score of 60,000.

At the national competition, Schools compete based on size and are divided into three divisions (I, II, and III). However, this separation is only limited to overall team score and overall individual score. Nine overall team medals are awarded: gold, silver and bronze for each division. Similarly, 27 overall individual medals are awarded: gold, silver and bronze for Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity in each division. The rest of the medals—for example, gold in art for Honors, or silver in math for Varsity—are awarded to the top scoring persons regardless of division. In addition, winning teams have often been invited to meet the President of the United States. (Full article...)

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Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts is the oldest continuously running incorporated boarding school in the United States. Among other notable alumni, Andover has educated two American Presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, Law and Order creator Dick Wolf, four Medal of Honor recipients, inventor Samuel Morse, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..

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1958 – A fire breaks out at the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, killing a total of 92 pupils and 3 nuns. The severity of the fire shocks the United States and leads to major improvements in standards for school design and fire safety codes.

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1884 - Moose Jaw School District #1 and Qu'Appelle School District #2 were formally established Dec. 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education for the North West Territories, Canada

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1891 – James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.

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2005 – US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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Charles Marvin Williams (April 20, 1917 – November 17, 2011) was an American finance professor at Harvard Business School. He was a recognized authority on commercial banking who taught his students using the case method.

Born in Romney, West Virginia in 1917, Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University and his master's degree from Harvard Business School. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, joining the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1947 and becoming a tenured professor in 1956. He retired from the school's faculty in 1986, concluding a four-decade teaching career. (Full article...)

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... that Eppa Hunton Jr. and his son, Eppa Hunton IV, the namesakes of the Hunton Student Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, served a combined 50 years on the Medical College of Virginia's board of visitors?
... that a New York state TV station thought a St. Bernard could serve as a mascot—until she proved incapable of following direction and had to be sent to obedience school?
... that after Keri Blakinger left Cornell University to serve time in prison for possession of heroin, she returned to finish her degree and then became a criminal justice reporter?
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... that Centre College co-president Robert L. McLeod served for fifteen months on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier while Robert J. McMullen, the other co-president, ran the school's day-to-day operations?
... that Nilofer Khan was appointed the first woman vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir on 19 May 2022?
... that University of Nebraska alumnus M. Khalid Roashan helped draft the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan?

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Image 1Istanbul 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 2Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 3SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 4Established 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 5One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 6To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 7Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 8Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 9Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 10Scripps College (from College)
Image 11West 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 12Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 13Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 14The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 15King'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 16World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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(from History of education)
Image 17Literacy 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 18Albert 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 19Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 20A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 21RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 22Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 23King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 24Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 25Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 26The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 27A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 28A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 29The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 30A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 31University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 32Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 33City College of New York (from College)
Image 34A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 35Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 36Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 37Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 38Loyola 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 39Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 40Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 41Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 42Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 43First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 44Aristotle 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 45Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 46Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 47Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 48Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 49Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 50A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 51The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 52Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 53St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 54Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 55Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 56Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 57Pomona College (from College)
Image 58Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 59György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 60Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 61St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 62Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 63Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 64Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 65A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 66A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 67Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 68Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 69Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 70Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)

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