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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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The Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship is a scholarship for post-graduate philosophy students at The Queen's College, Oxford, with preference given to students of Iranian citizenship or heritage. It was established in 2009 following the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, an Iranian philosophy student, in the street protests that followed the disputed Iranian presidential election in 2009. The college received offers from two anonymous donors to establish a scholarship, followed by many individual donations from former students of Queen's and others to reach its £70,000 target to establish the scholarship on a permanent basis. The first recipient of the scholarship was Arianne Shahvisi, a philosophy student of Iranian descent, who described the award as "a great honour".

The establishment of the scholarship led to criticism from the Iranian government: the Iranian embassy in London told the college that the university was involved in a "politically motivated campaign ... in sharp contrast with its academic objectives". In response, The Times praised the scholarship in an editorial, saying that the establishment of the scholarship was indeed politically motivated, "and admirably so", given the government's reaction to her death and continuing problems in Iran. One British–Iranian student, Leyla Ferani, has said that the scholarship could be Agha-Soltan's "most important legacy". The college has denied that it took a political decision in establishing the scholarship, stating that it aims to attract and support the best students, and arguing that refusal of the donations would itself have been a political act. Anonymous British diplomatic sources were reported as saying that the creation of the scholarship had put "another nail into the coffin" of relations between Britain and Iran. (Full article...)

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The Lycée Henri-IV (sometimes called HIV, H4, or Henri-Quatre) is a public secondary school located in Paris, France. Henri-IV is located in the nationally-historic buildings of the former Sainte Geneviève abbey. After the French Revolution, it was transformed into a public lycée, the first one in France. Its former pupils include French philosophers and writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and André Gide.

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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 CollegeinSri LankatoRoyal College, Colombo

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Bernard A. Maguire SJ (February 11, 1818 – April 26, 1886) was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served twice as the president of Georgetown University. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States at the age of six, and his family settled in Maryland. Maguire attended Saint John's CollegeinFrederick, Maryland, and then entered the Society of Jesus in 1837. He continued his studies at Georgetown University, where he also taught and was prefect, until his ordination to the priesthood in 1851.

In 1852, Maguire was appointed president of Georgetown University. His tenure is regarded as successful; new buildings were erected, the number of students increased, and the preparatory division was partially separated from Georgetown College. Upon the end of his presidency in 1858, he engaged in pastoral and missionary work in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and developed a reputation as a skilled preacher. In the aftermath of the American Civil War, which devastated the university, Maguire again became president of Georgetown in 1866. The long-planned Georgetown Law School was established at the end of his presidency. His term ended in 1870, and he returned to missionary work, traveling throughout the country. He died in Philadelphia in 1886. (Full article...)

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Image 1A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 2The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 3Loyola 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 4Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 5Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 6Sibelius AcademyinHelsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 7Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 8Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 9Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 10Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 11Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 12Oberlin Conservatory of MusicatOberlin CollegeinOberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 13St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' schoolinSouth Africa (from College)
Image 14First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 15Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 16West 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 17A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 18Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 19Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 20Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of CambridgeinEngland (from College)
Image 21King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 22Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 23Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 24Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
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 26Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 27St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 28Williams CollegeinWilliamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 29Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 30The University of OtagoinNew Zealand (from College)
Image 31Parliament Square, Trinity College DublininIreland (from College)
Image 32The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 33World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
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City College of New York (from College)

Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)

Pomona College (from College)

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

A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)

Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)

The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)

Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)

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

Birkbeck, University of London (from College)

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

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

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

György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)

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

RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)

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)

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

SUNY Purchase College (from College)

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

Amadrasah in the Gambia (from School)

Graduates of the Saint Petersburg ConservatoryinRussia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)

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

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