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A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually 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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Charterhouse Square, home to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, University of London. Medical training has taken place at Barts continuously since its foundation in 1123. Its college of medicine was formally founded in 1843. Prior to this date, however, it was already referred to as a "medical school".

There are forty-six medical schools in the United Kingdom where students can study for a medical degree. There are thirty-six medical schools in England, five in Scotland, three in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

All but Warwick Medical School, Swansea Medical School and Ulster University offer undergraduate courses in medicine. The Bute Medical School (University of St Andrews) only offers an undergraduate pre-clinical course, with students proceeding to another medical school for clinical studies. Cambridge University offers both pre-clinical and clinical courses in medicine, students who study pre-clinical medicine at this university may move to another university for clinical studies. At other universities students stay at the same university for both pre-clinical and clinical work. (Full article...)

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The Royal College of Colombo (commonly known as Royal College) was founded in 1835 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School and provides both primary and secondary education. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka, producing the first Executive President of Sri Lanka, the last Sultan of the Maldives and also three Prime Ministers.

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1878 – Phillips Academy plays a game of football against Phillips Exeter Academy, starting one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the United States

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1900 – Kyunggi High School, the oldest modern secondary school in Korea, opens in South Korea under an edict by King Gojong

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1959 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and is often the day chosen by countries as their designated day to observe Universal Children's Day.

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1966 – The Plowden Report reviews Primary education in England in a wholesale fashion.

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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 the Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India?
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... that Michigan's victory in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship marked their first outright national championship since 1948?

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

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