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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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École L'Odyssée (French pronunciation: [ekɔl lɔdiˈse], English: "Odyssey School") is a public francophone high school in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is part of the province's Francophone Sud School District, offering education to students from grade nine to twelve. The school opened on September 30, 2005 as part of a $24.2 million project, alongside the adjoining middle school, École Le Mascaret. École L'Odyssée was conceived as a way to alleviate the overcrowding problem at École Mathieu-Martin in nearby Dieppe, a problem the district has had in the past. The Odyssée-Mascaret project, as well as the future Carrefour de l'Acadie middle school, replaced the former École Beauséjour and École Vanier complexes. This move allowed the Moncton Hospital to expand, while the Vanier establishment made way for medical offices. On September 9, 2009, the school was given permission to begin an $884,000 expansion for its far side, allowing for a larger space to be reserved for its infirmary and orientation center.

As of September 2010, the school holds 767 students out of its capacity of 850, compared to 971 students at École Mathieu-Martin. It is the only French high school in Moncton. (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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Francis Xavier Talbot SJ (January 25, 1889 – December 3, 1953) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was active in Catholic literary and publishing circles, and became the President of Loyola College in Maryland. Born in Philadelphia, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1906, and was educated at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and Woodstock College. He taught for several years in New York City and at Boston College, before entering publishing as the literary editor of America magazine in 1923, of which he became the editor-in-chief in 1936. While in this role, he was also active in founding and editing several academic journals, including Thought, and establishing various Catholic literary societies and book clubs. During World War II, he was chaplain to a Catholic organization that previewed movies for the National Legion of Decency. He also supported Franco's rule in Spain because of its support of Catholicism and opposition to communism; he also supported the US war effort. He was described as one of the early leaders of the revival of Catholic literature in the United States.

In 1947, Talbot was named the President of Loyola College in Maryland. He held the office for three years and then was briefly an archivist at Georgetown University before becoming a priest and historian of St. Aloysius Church. He was then assigned to Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, where he died. (Full article...)

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

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