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A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students (or "pupils") 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. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional 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 US) and secondary (Middle school in the US) 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 a school of dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods.

Non-government schools, also known as private schools may be required when the government does not supply adequate, or specific educational needs. Other private schools can also be religious, such as Christian schools, gurukula (Hindu School), madrasa (Arabic schools), hawzas (Shi'i Muslim schools), yeshivas (Jewish schools), and others; or schools that have a higher standard of education or seek to foster other personal achievements. Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training, military education and training and business schools.

In homeschooling and distance education, teaching and learning take place independent from the institution of school or in a virtual school outside a traditional school building respectively. Schools are commonly organized in several different organizational models, including departmental, small learning communities, academies, integrated, and schools-within-a-school. (Full article...)

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Advanced Placement Statistics (also known as AP Statistics or AP Stat) is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program. This course is equivalent to a one semester, non-calculus-based introductory college statistics course and is normally offered to sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school.

One of the College Board's more recent additions, the AP Statistics exam was first administered in May 1996 to supplement the AP program's math offerings, which had previously consisted of only AP Calculus AB and BC. In the United States, enrollment in AP Statistics classes has increased at a higher rate than in any other AP class. (Full article...)

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Stuyvesant High School (IPA: /ˈstаɪvɛsənt/), commonly referred to as Stuy (IPA: /ˈstаɪ/), is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. It is one of the most competitive public high schools in the United States, sending more students to some of the nation's most prestigious universities than most other public or private schools. Stuyvesant has produced many notable alumni including four Nobel laureates.

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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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Arnold Ross in his later years with combed-back white and gray hair, exposed forehead, and wearing a jacket in front of a green chalkboard

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Arnold Ephraim Ross (August 24, 1906 – September 25, 2002) was a mathematician and educator who founded the Ross Mathematics Program, a number theory summer program for gifted high school students. He was born in Chicago, but spent his youth in Odessa, Ukraine, where he studied with Samuil Shatunovsky. Ross returned to Chicago and enrolled in University of Chicago graduate coursework under E. H. Moore, despite his lack of formal academic training. He received his Ph.D. and married his wife, Bee, in 1931.

Ross taught at several institutions including St. Louis University before becoming chair of University of Notre Dame's mathematics department in 1946. He started a teacher training program in mathematics that evolved into the Ross Mathematics Program in 1957 with the addition of high school students. The program moved with him to Ohio State University when he became their department chair in 1963. Though forced to retire in 1976, Ross ran the summer program until 2000. He had worked with over 2,000 students during more than forty summers. (Full article...)

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... that United States president Abraham Lincoln learned his ABCs when he attended a blab school (pictured) which he walked to in his youth?

... that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters?

... that three protesters were killed near a Cape Town school by armed police hidden in a "Trojan Horse" vehicle?

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Image 1One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 2Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 3Scripps College (from College)
Image 4A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 5West 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 6Loyola 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 7St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa. (from College)
Image 8The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 9Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 10Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 11Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University, has more than 1,600 students (from Music school)
Image 12Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England. (from College)
Image 13Based around the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Notre Dame School was an important centre of polyphonic music (from Music school)
Image 14Mental Calculations. In the school of S.Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 15Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 16Vocational school in Nurmijärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 17ORT Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 18Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Virtual school)
Image 19Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 20Albert 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 21The Oberlin Conservatory of Music shares its campus with Oberlin College. (from Music school)
Image 22Pomona College (from College)
Image 23A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 24Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (from College)
Image 25First primary school building in Badagry, Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 26Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 27Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 28Parliament Square, Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. (from College)
Image 29King'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 30Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. (from Music school)
Image 31Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia. (from College)
Image 32Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills (from Vocational school)
Image 33Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 34To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 35City College of New York (from College)
Image 36Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 37Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018. (from College)
Image 38Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. (from College)
Image 39ESL online learning (from School)
Image 40Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 41King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 42Vammala's vocational school in Sastamala, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 43Larkmead School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (from School)
Image 44World 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 45The University of Otago in New Zealand. (from College)
Image 46Kallavesi High School, a secondary school building in Kuopio, Finland (from School)
Image 47Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 48The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the middle ages. (from History of education)
Image 49György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 50Chemistry lesson at a German Gymnasium, Bonn, 1988 (from School)
Image 51A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 52SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 53Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Virtual school)
Image 54Graduates of the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory include Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 55Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)

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