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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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Klein Independent School District (Klein ISD) is a school district that covers 87.5 square miles (227 km²) in Harris County, Texas, United States. It became an independent school district in 1938. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district. In the 2020–2021 school year, Klein ISD had 52,824 students. Klein ISD is part of the taxation base for the Lone Star College System. As of 2022^[update], Jenny McGown is Superintendent of Schools.

The district has 33 elementary schools (including a Pre-K designated school), ten intermediate schools, and five high schools. For the 2021–2022 school year, the district received a score of 89 out of 100 from the Texas Education Agency. (Full article...)

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Gordonstoun is a Scottish co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn, it is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Charles, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun.

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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... that taxpayers of Palenville, New York argued so bitterly over the costs of Rowena Memorial School (pictured) that some called for it to be demolished?

... that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York?

... that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?

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Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl emil fʁedeʁik masnɛ]; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.

While still a schoolboy, Massenet was admitted to France's principal music college, the Paris Conservatoire. There he studied under Ambroise Thomas, whom he greatly admired. After winning the country's top musical prize, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically in many genres, but quickly became best known for his operas. Between 1867 and his death forty-five years later he wrote more than forty stage works in a wide variety of styles, from opéra-comique to grand-scale depictions of classical myths, romantic comedies, lyric dramas, as well as oratorios, cantatas and ballets. Massenet had a good sense of the theatre and of what would succeed with the Parisian public. Despite some miscalculations, he produced a series of successes that made him the leading composer of opera in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Full article...)

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... that despite being undersized and not highly recruited, Casey Tiumalu became the BYU Cougars' leader in both rushing and receiving, earning an honorable mention as an All-American?
... that as a high schooler in 2018, Logan O'Hoppe caught a home-run ball at Yankee Stadium hit by visiting player Manny Machado and was televised throwing it back on the field?
...that in 1819, members of the Catholic Tübingen school first published the Theologische Quartalschrift, which remains in print as the oldest journal of Catholic theology in the world?
... that while at high school, Johann Georg Seidenbusch declared to Our Lady: "ad carissimam Sponsam te eligo" (I choose thee as my dearest Bride)?
... that prominent Florida State University benefactor Ruby Diamond had the middle name Pearl?
... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country being invaded?
... that sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson are the first high school students to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with Nike?
... that the College Entrance Examination Board went back and forth over whether the Achievement Test in English Composition should include an essay component?

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Image 1Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 2Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 3Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 4Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 5A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 6Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 7Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (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 9Albert 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 10Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 11Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 12Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 13György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 14Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 15St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 16Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 17Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 18Scripps College (from College)
Image 19The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 20Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 21The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 22St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 23The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 24A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 25West 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 26Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 27First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 28Pomona College (from College)
Image 29Loyola 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 30RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 31Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 32Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 33World 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
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- 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 34King'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 35Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 36Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 37King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 38Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 39A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 40The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 41Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 42A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 43Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 44One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 45SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 46A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 47Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 48Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 49Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 50City College of New York (from College)
Image 51Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 52To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 53A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 54Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 55Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 56Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 57Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)

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