School
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"Let all schools be closed at once" --D.H. Lawrence "In the United Kingdom, before 1870, education was largely a private affair, with wealthy parents sending their children to fee-paying schools, and others using whatever local teaching was made available. The Elementary Education Act 1870 required partially state funded board schools to be set up to provide primary (elementary) education."--Sholem Stein |
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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 commonly 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, but these higher education institutions are usually not compulsory.
Etymology
The word school derives from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure" and also "that in which leisure is employed", but later "a group to whom lectures were given, school".
See also
- Bullying in teaching
- Educational technology
- Music school
- School and university in literature
- School bullying
- School of Hard Knocks
- School-to-prison pipeline
- School story
- School uniform
- Teaching for social justice
