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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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Benjamin Franklin High School is a charter high school and a magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin", the school was founded in 1957 as a school for gifted children. Ben Franklin is consistently named the No.1 school in the state of Louisiana and has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as No. 15 charter school in the nation. In 1990, it moved to its current location on the campus of the University of New Orleans (UNO) in the Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks neighborhood of Orleans Parish, near Lake Pontchartrain. The school was damaged by several feet of flood water due to Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005, and efforts to reopen the school were covered by nationwide news agencies. The school is part of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), yet it operates as a charter school and is not administered directly by the agency.

Ben Franklin has a selective admissions process, and according to CBS News is a "magnet for the city's smart and motivated students." Andrew Vanacore, of The Times Picayune, wrote in 2013 that Franklin was "top-notch". It has been named a Blue Ribbon School five times by the U.S. Department of Education, and was ranked 16 on the 2009 "America's Best High Schools" list by U.S. News & World Report. The class of 2008 produced 17 National Achievement Semifinalists, the most of any school in the United States. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school as the best public high school in Louisiana and the 64th best in the United States. (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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Marie Smallface Marule (Isstoikamo¹saakii, 1944 – December 31, 2014) was a Canadian academic administrator, activist, and educator. She served as executive director of the National Indian Brotherhood (NIB), chief administrator of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples (WCIP), and secretary of the Indian Association of Alberta. Marule was president of Red Crow Community College for two decades, and led the creation of several indigenous studies programs. She was previously an assistant professor of Native American studies at the University of Lethbridge. (Full article...)

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Image 1Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 2RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 3Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 4Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 5Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 6West 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 7Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 8The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 9Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 10Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 11Loyola 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 12Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 13Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 14Albert 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 15SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 16Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 17Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 18A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 19Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 20Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 21Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 22City College of New York (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 24A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 25György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 26Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 27Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 28Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 29Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 30First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 31One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 32Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 33Literacy 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 34University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 35St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 36The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 37A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 38Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 39St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 40Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 41King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 42Istanbul 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 43Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 44King'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 45A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 46Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 47To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 48Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 49The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 50Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 51A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 52A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 53Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 54World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
- 0.850–0.899
- 0.800–0.849
- 0.750–0.799
- 0.700–0.749
- 0.650–0.699
- 0.600–0.649
- 0.550–0.599
- 0.500–0.549
- 0.450–0.499
- 0.400–0.449
- 0.350–0.399
- under 0.350
- not available
(from History of education)
Image 55Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 56A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 57Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 58Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 59Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 60Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 61A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 62Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 63Aristotle 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 64Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 65Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 66The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 67Scripps College (from College)
Image 68Pomona College (from College)
Image 69Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)

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