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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 Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a co-educational specialist residential college of further education based in the English city of Hereford. Students who attend the college are aged 16 to 25 and blind or partially sighted. They can study a wide range of qualifications at RNC, from academic subjects such as English and Mathematics to more vocational topics such as Massage and Complementary Therapies. Alongside regular further education subjects and vocational training, the college offers training in mobility, assistive technology, Braille, independent living skills and personal development.

Founded in 1872 in London as the Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind, the college had a number of homes before moving to its campus in Hereford; it was renamed The Royal National College for the Blind in the late 1970s. It has been a pioneer in the education of visually impaired people in Britain since the Victorian era, and, as of 2010, is the only college for visually impaired students in the United Kingdom to have been awarded Beacon Status in recognition of its outstanding teaching and learning. (Full article...)

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Melbourne High School is a selective state school for boys in years 9 to 12 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently ranked the second highest scoring school in Victoria, and the highest available for boys. Its sister school for girls is the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Alumni range from Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, to Nick Green, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing.

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August

In the United States, August is National Back to School Month.

Filipino schools and theaters celebrate Filipino Language Month ("Buwan ng Wika") in August.

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1949 – Reconstruction of Rizal High School in the Philippines, the largest secondary school in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is completed after the original building was destroyed from carpet-bombing by American Liberation Forces during World War II.

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2005 – Hurricane Katrina damages or destroys more than 100 of the 128 school buildings under the school district New Orleans Public Schools.

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... that as one of its campus traditions, Pomona College reveres the number 47, having the bell in its clock tower chime on the 47th minute of the hour?

... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?

... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?

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Joseph Havens Richards SJ (born Havens Cowles Richards; November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became a prominent president of Georgetown University, where he instituted major reforms and significantly enhanced the quality and stature of the university. Richards was born to a prominent Ohio family; his father was an Episcopal priest who controversially converted to Catholicism and had the infant Richards secretly baptized as a Catholic.

Richards became the president of Georgetown University in 1888 and undertook significant construction, such as the completion of Healy Hall, which included work on Gaston Hall and Riggs Library, and the building of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards sought to transform Georgetown into a modern, comprehensive university. To that end, he bolstered the graduate programs, expanded the School of Medicine and Law School, established the Georgetown University Hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and recruited prominent faculty. He also navigated tensions with the newly established Catholic University of America, which was located in the same city. Richards fought anti-Catholic discrimination by Ivy League universities, resulting in Harvard Law School admitting graduates of some Jesuit universities. (Full article...)

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... that Centre College president Milton C. Moreland wrote his honors thesis about the Nag Hammadi library?
... that according to a book by a friend of the Columbine shooters, students at Columbine High School would joke that their school was next for a mass shooting?
... that when the sale of its San Diego TV station failed, United States International University asked some of its employees to wait to pick up their paychecks?
... that the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the University of Notre Dame contains two stones originally from the grotto at which Our Lady of Lourdes is said to have appeared to Saint Bernadette?
... that Brison Manor, who played eight years in the National Football League, had never set foot outside of his home state before attending college?
... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
... that as a college football player, Frank LeMaster changed from being a fullback to the starting halfback, to reserve halfback, to tight end, to linebacker, back to halfback and then linebacker again?
... that Fraser Patrick likened playing in the 2019 Q School to being in a boxing match with Anthony Joshua?

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The following are images from various school-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1King'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 2The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 3Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 4King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 5One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 6Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 7West 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 8Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 9Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 10Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 11City College of New York (from College)
Image 12Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 13SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 14Scripps College (from College)
Image 15Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 16Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 17Loyola 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 18A classroom block with schoolbag racks in Western Sydney, Australia (from School)
Image 19First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 20A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 21Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 22Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 23Albert 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 24St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 25Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 26Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 27Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 28St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 29Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 30Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 31The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 32Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 33A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 34Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 35Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 36RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 37Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 38Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 39The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 40Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 41Pomona College (from College)
Image 42The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 43Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music 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 45A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)
Image 46Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 47Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 48György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 49A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 50A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 51Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 52Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 53Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 54The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
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 56A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 57Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 58Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)

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