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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 Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship is a scholarship for post-graduate philosophy students at The Queen's College, Oxford, with preference given to students of Iranian citizenship or heritage. It was established in 2009 following the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, an Iranian philosophy student, in the street protests that followed the disputed Iranian presidential election in 2009. The college received offers from two anonymous donors to establish a scholarship, followed by many individual donations from former students of Queen's and others to reach its £70,000 target to establish the scholarship on a permanent basis. The first recipient of the scholarship was Arianne Shahvisi, a philosophy student of Iranian descent, who described the award as "a great honour".

The establishment of the scholarship led to criticism from the Iranian government: the Iranian embassy in London told the college that the university was involved in a "politically motivated campaign ... in sharp contrast with its academic objectives". In response, The Times praised the scholarship in an editorial, saying that the establishment of the scholarship was indeed politically motivated, "and admirably so", given the government's reaction to her death and continuing problems in Iran. One British–Iranian student, Leyla Ferani, has said that the scholarship could be Agha-Soltan's "most important legacy". The college has denied that it took a political decision in establishing the scholarship, stating that it aims to attract and support the best students, and arguing that refusal of the donations would itself have been a political act. Anonymous British diplomatic sources were reported as saying that the creation of the scholarship had put "another nail into the coffin" of relations between Britain and Iran. (Full article...)

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Raffles Institution is an independent boys' secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, it was consistently ranked as one of the top secondary schools in Singapore in the now-defunct official school rankings released by the Ministry of Education. Notable alumni include Yusof bin Ishak and Benjamin Henry Sheares, the first and second Presidents of Singapore, respectively.

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1922 – Institut Le Rosey's first alumni association, the "Old Rosey Association," is created in Switzerland

1925 – In the Scopes Trial, the Criminal Court of Tennessee upholds the Bulter Act, which made it unlawful, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, "to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." The case was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy.

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1988 – The Education Reform Act of 1988 is introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, ensuring that state schools of all Local Education Authorities have a common curriculum.

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1881 – Permission is received from Her Majesty Queen Victoria to rename Colombo Academy and Queens College in Sri Lanka to Royal College, Colombo

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... 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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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the 1930s and helped to form post-Second World War attitudes to unemployment and social justice.

Wilkinson was born into a poor though ambitious Manchester family and she embraced socialism at an early age. After graduating from the University of Manchester, she worked for a women's suffrage organisation and later as a trade union officer. Inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917, Wilkinson joined the British Communist Party, and preached revolutionary socialism while seeking constitutional routes to political power through the Labour Party. She was elected Labour MP for Middlesbrough East in 1924, and supported the 1926 General Strike. In the 1929–31 Labour government, she served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the junior Health Minister. She made a connection with a young female member and activist Jennie Lee. Following her defeat at Middlesbrough in 1931, Wilkinson became a prolific journalist and writer, before returning to parliament as Jarrow's MP in 1935. She was a strong advocate for the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War, and made several visits to the battle zones. (Full article...)

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... that John U. Monro resigned as dean of Harvard College to work at a then-unaccredited, historically black college in Alabama?
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... that Jalen Redmond received the offer of a college athletic scholarship before having even played in a high-school football game?
... that buddleia grows from the exterior of the Church Street School swimming pool in Glasgow?
... that American football player Tanner Brown went from being a walk-on to a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award as the best college placekicker in the United States?
... that Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, an expert in sickle cell disease, decided while still in medical school to devote his life to the study of the disease, after his newborn son was diagnosed with the condition?
... that Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia, called Hay War Memorial High School the "finest war memorial in the British Empire"?
... that King Bataha Santiago's parents sent him to school when he was 44 years old?

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

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