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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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The north side of duPont Manual's main building

duPont Manual High School is a public magnet high school located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It serves students in grades 9–12. It is a part of the Jefferson County Public School District. DuPont Manual is recognized by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School.

Manual, funded by Mr. A. V. duPont, opened in 1892 s an all-male manual training school. It was the second public high school in Louisville. Manual merged with its rival, Male High School, into a consolidated school from 1915 to 1919. Manual permanently merged with the Louisville Girls High School in 1950 and moved into their Gothic-style three-story building, built in 1934. In 2004, after conducting a poll, Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper listed Manual as one of Louisville residents' ten favorite buildings. Manual experienced a decline in discipline and test scores in the 1970s. In 1984, Manual became a magnet school, allowing students from throughout the district to apply to five specialized programs of study, or magnets. (Full article...)

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Auckland Grammar School is a boys-only state secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. Established in 1850, it is one of the largest schools in New Zealand, with approximately 2,760 boys in 2008. Auckland Grammar School contains two Category I historic places, which are the school's main block and a war memorial. Alumni range from explorer Sir Edmund Hillary to actor Russell Crowe.

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1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history.

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1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts

2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

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1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war.

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... that Newark Arts High School in New Jersey opened its doors to students in 1931 as the first U.S. public high school specializing in the visual and performing arts?

... after being headmaster of St. Bees School, George Mallaby joined the army, rose to Colonel, became High Commissioner to New Zealand, and was knighted?

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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 Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Britain Covey played quarterback in high school and led his team to 26 consecutive wins?
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... that Andrei Demurenko, the first Russian officer to be a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served alongside the Wagner Group in Ukraine?
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Image 1Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 2Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 3The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 4Established 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 5Loyola 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 6University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 7Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 8World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Image 9The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 10City College of New York (from College)
Image 11Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 12SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 13Istanbul 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 14Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 15Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 16One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 17Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 18First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 19A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 20A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 21György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 22King'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 23RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 24Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 25The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 26Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 27Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 28Albert 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 29Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 30Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (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 32Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 33Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 34Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 35St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 36Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 37Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 38Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 39King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 40Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 41The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 42Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 43Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 44Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 45A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 46Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 47Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 48Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 49A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 50Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 51Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 52West 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 53St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 54Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 55Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 56Pomona College (from College)
Image 57A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 58A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 59Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (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 61Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 62A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from 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 64Scripps College (from College)
Image 65Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 66Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 67A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 68Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 69Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 70Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)