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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, United States. 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 the 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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Royal College of Colombo, main building in 2006

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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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Mom Luang Pin Malakul (Thai: หม่อมหลวงปิ่น มาลากุล; 24 October 1903 – 5 October 1995) was a Thai professor, educator and writer. His contributions to education in Thailand include the establishment of various institutions of higher education, the introduction of fixed class schedules, and the implementation of teacher-training programmes. In his career he served as Director-General of the Department of General Education, later becoming Permanent Secretary, and Minister, of Education. He was also a member of the executive board of UNESCO. His writings earned him the title of National Artist in 1987, and the 100th anniversary of his birth was celebrated by the UNESCO in 2003 as recognition of his contribution to the advancement of education in Thailand and Southeast Asia. (Full article...)

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... that despite a "No Rock & Roll" sign in the studios of the Utica College radio station, students played it anyway?
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... that George Parks was president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and his son Rowan Parks became president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh?
... that Gerda Philipsborn, a German woman, dedicated her life to the development of Jamia Millia Islamia, a national university in New Delhi?
... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia?
... that the University of Memphis football team posthumously retired Danton Barto's number following an online petition?

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Image 1Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 2The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 3Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 4Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 5Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 6The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 7Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 8Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 9Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 10Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 11Albert 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 12Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 13SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 14Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 15Istanbul 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 16Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 17A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 18Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 19Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 20St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 21Literacy 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 22A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 23A high school in Milan in the 1920s. (from History of education)
Image 24Pomona College (from College)
Image 25Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 26Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 27Scripps College (from College)
Image 28Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 29Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 30Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 31RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 32Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 33St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 34Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 35Loyola 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 36György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 37First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 38Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 39City College of New York (from College)
Image 40The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 41University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 42A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 43World 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
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(from History of education)
Image 44A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 45Established 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 46Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 47Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 48Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 49A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 50Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 51King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 52Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 53King'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 54To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 55Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 56Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 57Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy. (from History of education)
Image 58Aristotle 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 59Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 60Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 61Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 62Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 63A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 64The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 65A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 66One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 67Pazhassiraja College in Pulpally, Kerala, India (from College)
Image 68Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 69West 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 70Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)

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