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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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The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is an American academic competition for high school students. The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. The Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech. The Super Quiz replaces one of the seven objective events; since 2003, it has alternated between replacing science and social science. The Academic Decathlon requires participation from students of all levels of academic ability; teams generally consist of nine members, who are divided into three divisions based on grade point average: Honors (3.80–4.00 GPA), Scholastic (3.20–3.79 GPA), and Varsity (0.00–3.19 GPA). Though teams consist of nine members (three from each category), only the top two individuals from each category are counted in the final team score. Each student has the possibility of scoring up to 10,000 points, for a combined team score of 60,000.

At the national competition, Schools compete based on size and are divided into three divisions (I, II, and III). However, this separation is only limited to overall team score and overall individual score. Nine overall team medals are awarded: gold, silver and bronze for each division. Similarly, 27 overall individual medals are awarded: gold, silver and bronze for Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity in each division. The rest of the medals—for example, gold in art for Honors, or silver in math for Varsity—are awarded to the top scoring persons regardless of division. In addition, winning teams have often been invited to meet the President of the United States. (Full article...)

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The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (sometimes nicknamed LLG) is a public high school located in Paris, widely regarded as one of the most demanding in France. Formerly known as the Collège de Clermont, it was named in king Louis XIV of France's honor after he visited the school and offered his patronage. Countless former pupils have become statesmen, diplomats, prelates, marshals of France, members of the Académie française, and men and women of letters.

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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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Charles Marvin Williams (April 20, 1917 – November 17, 2011) was an American finance professor at Harvard Business School. He was a recognized authority on commercial banking who taught his students using the case method.

Born in Romney, West Virginia in 1917, Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University and his master's degree from Harvard Business School. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, joining the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1947 and becoming a tenured professor in 1956. He retired from the school's faculty in 1986, concluding a four-decade teaching career. (Full article...)

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

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