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A school is an educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually 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 organizations. 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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Katedralskolan (Swedish; "the Cathedral School"; colloquially Katte) is a school in Uppsala, Sweden that traces its history back to the 13th century, although the exact year it was founded is unknown. Alumni include King of Sweden Gustav I, Prime Minister of Sweden Erik Gustaf Boström, Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld, and three Nobel laureates.

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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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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 1Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 2Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 3St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 4Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 5The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 6SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 7Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 8Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012–2015) (from Online school)
Image 9Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 10Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires (from Music school)
Image 11Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 12University of al-Qarawiyyin located in Fes, Morocco (from History of education)
Image 13Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 14Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 15Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 16Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 17Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 18Albert 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 19Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 20Bologna University in Italy, established in 1088 A.D., is the world's oldest university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 21King'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 22First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 23Nalanda - teaching platform (from History of education)
Image 24Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 25St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 26A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 27A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 28A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 29A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 30The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 31World 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 32Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012–2015) (from Online school)
Image 33Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 34A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 35Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 36Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 37A high school in Milan in the 1920s (from History of education)
Image 38Dansk Skolemuseum (from History of education)
Image 39Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 40The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 41Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 42The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 43Loyola 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 44Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 45Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 46Scripps College (from College)
Image 47Typical school furniture of the period 1930s to 1950s in France (from History of education)
Image 48Istanbul University (1453) was founded by sultan Mehmed II as a Darülfünun. On 1 August 1933, as part of Atatürk's reforms, it was reorganized and became the Republic's first modern university. (from History of education)
Image 49Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 50Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 51City College of New York (from College)
Image 52Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 53Established in 1224 by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, University of Naples Federico II in Italy is the world's oldest state-funded university in continuous operation. (from History of education)
Image 54Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
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 56Mosaic from Pompeii (1st c. BC) depicting Plato's Academy (from History of education)
Image 57Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 58György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 59A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 60Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 61Literacy rates in Italy in 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Italy lacks Lazio and the Triveneto, which were subsequently annexed. (from History of education)
Image 62King's College London, established by royal charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London (from College)
Image 63A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 64One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 65RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 66Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD (from History of education)
Image 67Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander, Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato, in an 1888 fresco in the portico of the National University of Athens (from History of education)
Image 68Pomona College (from College)

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