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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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Romney Academy was an educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute. In addition to the Romney Classical Institute, Romney Academy was also a forerunner institution to Potomac Seminary. Romney Academy was one of the earliest institutions for higher learning within the present boundaries of the state of West Virginia.

With the growth of settlement in Pearsall's Flats, which was later the location of Romney, the need for educational facilities became apparent and the community began plans for the establishment of schools and churches. A log structure, which served as both a school and a church, was built at Pearsall's Flats around 1752 near Fort Pearsall. To provide for a teacher's payment, a form was circulated around Romney and each parent indicated on the paper how many of their children would attend the school and the type of payment the teacher would expect. By the time Romney was surveyed by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron laid out the town of Romney in 1762, the log school was still in existence. That year, a stone school building was erected on the site to the immediate north of the old Hampshire County Courthouse and became known as Romney Academy. (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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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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Marion Luther Brittain Sr. (November 11, 1866 – July 13, 1953) was an American academic administrator and longest serving president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and, aside from a brief stint at the University of Chicago for graduate school, spent most of his life serving the educational community there. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory College in 1886, Brittain worked his way up the ranks from principal of an Atlanta high school to superintendent of education for the entire state of Georgia.

In 1922, Brittain accepted the position of president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, then called the Georgia School of Technology, an office he would hold until his retirement in 1944. During his 22-year tenure at Georgia Tech, Brittain was credited with doubling student enrollment, establishing what is now the second-largest aerospace engineering faculty in the United States, and playing an influential role in securing Georgia Tech's position as a leading technical institute and research university. After his retirement, Brittain wrote The Story of Georgia Tech (1948), a history of the Institute published shortly before his death in 1953. (Full article...)

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... that as president of Loyola College in Maryland, John F. Quirk became close friends with the cardinal who ordained him a priest ten years earlier?
... that Edward A. McGurk disbanded the College of the Holy Cross's football team because he did not want it playing outside Worcester?
... that Aguil Chut-Deng took 22 child refugees from South Sudan to Ethiopia during civil war so that they could attend school?
... that in college, American football lineman Zack Johnson played directly next to Zack Johnson?
... that in 2022, Michael Phillips became the third professor in a year to sue Collin College for retaliating against protected speech?
... that American football player Ralph "Catfish" Smith was a two-way player in college and in the National Football League?
... that Chris Ernst stripped naked in 1976 with her Yale University teammates to protest the lack of showers for the women's rowing crew?
... that the Columbia University mascot, Roar-ee the Lion, inspired the creation of the MGM Lion?

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Image 1The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 2Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 3Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 4The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 5Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 6Scripps College (from College)
Image 7Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 8Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 9Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 10World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 11Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 12Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 13Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 14Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 15A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 16A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 17Pomona College (from College)
Image 18Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 19Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 20Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 21A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 22A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 23The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
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 25Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 26Loyola 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 27The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 28A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 29West 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 30Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 31Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 32King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 33Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 34Albert 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 35Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 36A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 37St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 38Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 39Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 40City College of New York (from College)
Image 41Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 42The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 43RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 44Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 45Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 46One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 47Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 48To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 49Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 50SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 51Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 52Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 53St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 54Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 55Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 56György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 57First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)

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