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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 Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s. From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training and educational research. In the 1960s, ACS became a regional research center and a leadership hub for independent schools, and began to focus on the education of the gifted.

The school has occupied several structures in its history, including a small cottage on the Coonley Estate in Riverside, Illinois, and another building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen, who was known as "dean of the world's landscape architects". The campus has been expanded several times since the 1980s to create more space for arts, technology, and classrooms. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, citing the "long-lasting influence on schools throughout the country" of the educational program and the design of the building and grounds. (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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1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history.

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1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts

2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.

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1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war.

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James Morris III ((1752-01-19)January 19, 1752 – (1820-04-20)April 20, 1820) was a Continental Army officer from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the Morris Academy, a pioneer in coeducation.

Born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, James Morris spent his early life hoping and training to be a minister. However, after graduating from Yale College, Morris accepted a commission of First Lieutenant from the Continental Army and joined the fight for American Independence. Morris was captured during the Battle of Germantown and spent most of the remaining war in captivity. Upon his release, Morris was promoted to the rank of Captain and supported Alexander Hamilton in the Siege of Yorktown. When he returned from the war, Morris began and ran an academy that trained both boys and girls together, a rarity at the time. (Full article...)

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... that in 2022, Michael Phillips became the third professor in a year to sue Collin College for retaliating against protected speech?
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... that in high school, tennis player Sara Daavettila went an entire season without losing a game?
... that "Es tönen die Lieder", a German round about greeting spring with songs, first appeared in 1869 in a collection of works by Adolf Spieß, who developed a series of school-gymnastics steps to it?

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Image 1Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 2A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 3Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 4A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 5The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 6Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 7Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 8The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 9To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 10Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 11A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 12Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 13A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 14King'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 15St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 16Loyola 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 17A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 18Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 19Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 20First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 21Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 22West 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 23Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 24Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 25The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 26World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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- 0.900–0.949
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(from History of education)
Image 27Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 28Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 29Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 30Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 31SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 32Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 33The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 34Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 35Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 36One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 37Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 38Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 39Scripps College (from College)
Image 40King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 41Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 42Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 43RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 44György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 45Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 46Pomona College (from College)
Image 47Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 48St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 49Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 50Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 51City College of New York (from College)
Image 52Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 53Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 54A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 55Albert 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 56Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 57The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)

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