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Aschool is both the educational institution and building designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teachingofstudents 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 collegeoruniversity.

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. Kindergartenorpreschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, collegeorseminary 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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Page reads "Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-row, 1693." — Title page from the first edition of Locke's *Some Thoughts Concerning Education* (1693)

Some Thoughts Concerning Education is a 1693 treatise on the education of gentlemen written by the English philosopher John Locke. For over a century, it was the most important philosophical work on education in England. It was translated into almost all of the major written European languages during the eighteenth century, and nearly every European writer on education after Locke, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, acknowledged its influence.

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), Locke outlined a new theory of mind, contending that the mind is originally a tabula rasa or "blank slate"; that is, it did not contain any innate ideas at birth. Some Thoughts Concerning Education explains how to educate that mind using three distinct methods: the development of a healthy body; the formation of a virtuous character; and the choice of an appropriate academic curriculum. (Full article...)

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The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.

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In this month

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1823 – Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, is founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

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1987 – In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rules against the Dover Area School District, holding that teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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1857 – Britain calls on the schoolboys of La Martiniere Lucknow to aid in the residency's defence during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Because of their contributions, La Martiniere Lucknow is the only school in the world to have been awarded royal battle honours

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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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Martha Watts (February 13, 1848 – December 30, 1909) was an American missionary and school teacher who established four educational facilities in Brazil. Educated in Kentucky at the Louisville Normal School, she was in the first graduating class in the early 1870s and became a teacher, working in the public schools. After joining the Broadway Methodist Church in 1874, Watts joined a youth missionary society and founded a Sunday school class. In 1881, after applying to the Women's Board of Foreign Missions, she was accepted as the second woman from the United States to act as a foreign missionary and was the first woman to be sent to Brazil.

Arriving in the state of São Paulo in 1881, Watts' mission was to establish a school in Piracicaba. Within months, though she only had one student, Watts had opened the Colégio Piracicabano and began by recruiting a French teacher, Marie Rennotte, in 1882. At the time, most educational materials had been translated into French, as it was the universal language of education. The two women worked together to design an innovative co-educational learning environment, which offered courses in languages, literature, mathematics, philosophy, and the natural and physical sciences. Though criticized by conservative sectors of society and the Catholic Church, Watts gained powerful supporters, including prominent progressive politicians, lawyers, masons, and abolitionists. By the 1890s, the school method and curricula had gained wide support, the student body had grown substantially, and their methods were being implemented throughout the state. (Full article...)

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Arthur R. M. Spaid

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Erasmus Smith

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Francis X. Talbot

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... that Franziska Seidl, born 130 years ago today, finished school after her husband's death and then went on to research ultrasound at the University of Vienna?

... that the main studio of a Cincinnati TV station occupies the one-time gymnasium of a former Black junior high school?

... that John Rudzinski, defensive coordinator for the Air Force Falcons, coached high school football while stationed at Charleston Air Force Base?

... that sisters Talia and Tori DellaPeruta, college teammates at North Carolina, play soccer professionally for Sampdoria?

... that a new high school for the Pasco School District had to expand with portable classrooms within eight years of opening?

... that Dominic Keegan refused a position on the New York Yankees to "go back and win another championship" for his college baseball team?

... that Lebanese academic Zahia Kaddoura was the first woman to be appointed a dean at the Lebanese University?

... that according to one reviewer, the problems that may have prompted the publication of Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life in the 1980s had "only gotten worse" by 2005?

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Image 1West 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 2Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 3Oberlin Conservatory of MusicatOberlin CollegeinOberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 4Amadrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 5Graduates of the Saint Petersburg ConservatoryinRussia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 6A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 7György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 8Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 9First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 10Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 11Parliament Square, Trinity College DublininIreland (from College)
Image 12The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 13Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 14Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 15Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 16St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 17Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 18Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 19Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 20Sibelius AcademyinHelsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 21A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 22Loyola 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 23SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 24RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 25Albert 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 26King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 27St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' schoolinSouth Africa (from College)
Image 28World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)

Curtis Institute of MusicinPhiladelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)

The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)

King'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)

City College of New York (from College)

Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)

A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)

Williams CollegeinWilliamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)

Saint Anselm College (from College)

Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)

The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)

Scripps College (from College)

Seinäjoki CollegeinSeinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)

Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)

Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)

Pomona College (from College)

A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)

Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)

A school building in Kannur, India (from School)

Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of CambridgeinEngland (from College)

Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana UniversityinBloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)

Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)

The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)

The University of OtagoinNew Zealand (from College)

Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)

To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)

One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)

Bowdoin College (from College)

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