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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 history of The Baltimore City College began in March 1839, when the City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, passed a resolution mandating the creation of a male high school with a focus on the study of English and classical literature. "The High School" (later becoming The Baltimore City College) was opened later in the same year on October 20, with 46 pupils under the direction of Professor Nathan C. Brooks,(1809-1898), a local noted classical educator and poet, who became the first principal of a new type of higher institution in the developing public education system in the city begun in 1829. It is now considered to be the third oldest public high school / secondary school in the nation. In 1850, the Baltimore City Council granted the school, then known as the "Central High School of Baltimore", the authority to present its graduates with certificates of completion. An effort to expand that academic power and allow the then named "Central High School of Baltimore" to confer Bachelor of Arts degrees began following the Civil War in 1865, and continued the following year with the renaming of the institution as "The Baltimore City College", which it still holds to this day, with also the retitling of its chief academic officer from "principal" to "president", along with an increase in the number of years of its course of study and the expansion of its courses. However, despite this early elevation effort, it ended at that brief period unsuccessfully in 1869, although the B.C.C. continued for a number of years as a hybrid public high school and early form of junior college (later known as community college) which did not fully appear in America in different form until the beginning of the 20th century. Very often the elaborate decorative fancy engraved graduation diploma from the B.C.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was accepted by many other colleges and universities entitling City graduates to enter upper-division schools at the sophomore year, (which was also coincidentally a privilege also accorded to its later local academic and athletic rival for 127 years - "Poly", the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, founded 1883 as the Baltimore Manual Training School, later renamed 1893).

As the importance of higher education increased in the early 20th century, the High School's priorities shifted to preparing students for college. In 1927, only one year before the school moved from its home at Howard and Centre Streets for 53 years to the magnificent stone "Castle on the Hill" on "Collegian Hill", the academic program was further changed, when the City College divided its curriculum into two tracks: the standard college preparatory program, or "'B' Course", and a more rigorous stiff "Advanced College Prep" curriculum, the famed "'A' Course" of study focusing on humanities, social studies, liberal arts and the Classics. (also available in the mathematics/science/technology fields in a more structured form with little options/electives at "Poly" and at Western and Eastern High Schools for girls). (Full article...)

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Eton College, also known simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, and is one of the original nine English "public schools" as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. The school has a long list of distinguished former pupils, including eighteen former British Prime Ministers. Traditionally, Eton has been referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen", and is often described as the most famous public school in the world.

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1992 – The first Charter School in the United States, City Academy High School, opens in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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2002 – Business Academy Bexley in the London Borough of Bexley, England, is the first British school to open under the Academy programme, independently run secondary schools that receive public funding.

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1949 – Britain's first comprehensive school, Holyhead County School (now renamed Holyhead High School), opens in Wales.

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1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower orders a battle group of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division to escort nine students into Little Rock Central High School. This enforcement of Brown v. Board of Education is considered to be one of the most important events in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the 1930s and helped to form post-Second World War attitudes to unemployment and social justice.

Wilkinson was born into a poor though ambitious Manchester family and she embraced socialism at an early age. After graduating from the University of Manchester, she worked for a women's suffrage organisation and later as a trade union officer. Inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917, Wilkinson joined the British Communist Party, and preached revolutionary socialism while seeking constitutional routes to political power through the Labour Party. She was elected Labour MP for Middlesbrough East in 1924, and supported the 1926 General Strike. In the 1929–31 Labour government, she served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the junior Health Minister. She made a connection with a young female member and activist Jennie Lee. Following her defeat at Middlesbrough in 1931, Wilkinson became a prolific journalist and writer, before returning to parliament as Jarrow's MP in 1935. She was a strong advocate for the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War, and made several visits to the battle zones. (Full article...)

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... that due to a dispute over who owned a road in Delta County, Michigan, eight school children missed two weeks of school?
... that when George Ross went bankrupt in 1867, his wife Sibella Ross started a school to sustain their large family?
... that in one year, a team of Canadian All-Stars twice played against the U.S. college football national champion and came within one point of winning each game?
... that the injuries Anthony W. Case suffered in a school shooting led him to give up baseball and turn to astrophysics as a career?
... that before being a top player at a Division I FBS school, wide receiver Grant DuBose worked bagging groceries and saw limited playing time for a Division II team?
... that in 2024, C. J. Hanson became the first player from his school to be chosen in the NFL draft since 1989?
... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
... that a Nebraska public radio station operated from a 1916-built Carnegie library in the 1970s and 1980s?

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

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