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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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Charterhouse Square, home to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, University of London. Medical training has taken place at Barts continuously since its foundation in 1123. Its college of medicine was formally founded in 1843. Prior to this date, however, it was already referred to as a "medical school".

There are forty-six medical schools in the United Kingdom where students can study for a medical degree. There are thirty-six medical schools in England, five in Scotland, three in Wales and two in Northern Ireland.

All but Warwick Medical School, Swansea Medical School and Ulster University offer undergraduate courses in medicine. The Bute Medical School (University of St Andrews) and Durham Medical School offer undergraduate pre-clinical courses only, with students proceeding to another medical school for clinical studies. Although Oxford University and Cambridge University offer both pre-clinical and clinical courses in medicine, students who study pre-clinical medicine at one of these universities may move to another university for clinical studies. At other universities students stay at the same university for both pre-clinical and clinical work. (Full article...)

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Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition located in rural Lancashire, England. Founded in 1593, Stonyhurst has a long-standing literary tradition. Former pupil Sir Arthur Conan Doyle modelled "Baskerville Hall" on Stonyhurst Hall, and named Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty, after a fellow pupil. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote part of the Lord of the Rings in a classroom on the Upper Gallery during his stay at the College.

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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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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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... that John Holahan recalled both being called a "lunatic" by his school's president for seeking a football game at night and being told afterward by the president, "I was the lunatic, not you"?
... that Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant winner Louisa Mak is a Cambridge law graduate?
... that Burmese scholar Shaw Loo was Bucknell University's first international student?
... that despite a "No Rock & Roll" sign in the studios of the Utica College radio station, students played it anyway?
... that a San Diego State coach called Darius Durham "the best high school guy we've ever signed"?
... that Carson Steele, known as the "Man of Steele", has a pet alligator named Crocky-J and has been called "the most interesting man" in college football?
... that in August 2022, Sarah Oakley became the first female captain to helm the passing out parade at Dartmouth?
... that South Carolina's Buford High School was named in 1925 after Continental Army Colonel Abraham Buford, who fought at a nearby battlefield in 1780?

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

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