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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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Benet Academy (/ˈbɛnɛt/ BEN-et) is a co-educational, college-preparatory, Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Founded in 1886, the school was initially established in Chicago as the all-boys St. Procopius College and Academy by Benedictine monks, who also operated the St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage. In 1898, the orphanage moved to Lisle, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago, to be joined by St. Procopius three years later. In 1926, Benedictine nuns constructed the all-girls Sacred Heart Academy near the orphanage and school in Lisle. The orphanage closed in 1956 to make room for St. Procopius Academy, which separated from the college in 1969. Due to rising costs and waning enrollment, Sacred Heart merged with St. Procopius Academy in 1967 to form Benet Academy on the St. Procopius campus. Since then, numerous building projects have been undertaken to expand Benet's athletics, music, and science programs.

Admission is competitive and relies on entrance exam scores, transcripts, and performance on standardized tests. All students complete a college-preparatory curriculum and may earn college credit through programs including Advanced Placement. As of 2023, Benet's average ACT test score regularly exceeds state and national averages, and more than 99 percent of students go on to college after graduation. The school's academic program has been featured in reports by the Chicago Sun-Times and U.S. News & World Report. (Full article...)

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Harrow School is a public school for boys located in Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex, England. It is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. Harrow has many notable alumni, who are known as Old Harrovians, including seven former British Prime Ministers (including Winston Churchill and Robert Peel), and the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In addition, nineteen Old Harrovians have been awarded the Victoria Cross.

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May

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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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Giovanni Antonio Grassi SJ (anglicized as John Anthony Grassi; 10 September 1775 – 12 December 1849) was an Italian Catholic priest and Jesuit who led many academic and religious institutions in Europe and the United States, including Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., and the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome.

Born in the Republic of Venice, Grassi was a promising student of mathematics and the natural sciences, especially astronomy. He completed his studies at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, in the Russian Empire, in 1804 and was appointed rector of the Institute for Nobles. The following year, he was ordered to replace the last remaining Jesuit missionary in China; this began a five-year journey across Europe in which he was ultimately unable to secure passage to the distant country. He instead began teaching at Stonyhurst College in England. (Full article...)

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... that Robin Ransom, the first African-American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Missouri, said that she was "really happy I didn't like law school"?
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... that Canadian painter Ethel Ogden was central to developing china painting within the Fine Arts Department at the Mount Allison Ladies' College?
... that Raymond Vohasek led his college's football team in sacks even though he played the entire season with a torn labrum?
...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?

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Image 1World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
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Image 2Loyola 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 3Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 4Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 5The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 6To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 7Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 8Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 9Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 10King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 11The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 12One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 13Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 14SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 15Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 16A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 17A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 18Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 19Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 20Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 21György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 22Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 23Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 24Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 25A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 26Albert 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 27The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 28Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 29A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 30RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 31Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 32Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 33Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 34A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 35Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 36Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 37A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 38West 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 39King'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 40Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 41First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 42Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 43Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 44Pomona College (from College)
Image 45Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 46Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 47St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 48Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 49Scripps College (from College)
Image 50Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 51The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 52City College of New York (from College)
Image 53Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 54Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 55St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 56Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 57The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)

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