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  2. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The academy graduated the first female pharmacist. This was the first free school and first retreat center for young women. It was the first school to teach free women of color, Native Americans, and enslaved women. In the region, Ursuline provided the first center of social welfare in the Mississippi Valley; and it was the first boarding ...

  3. List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Bourne Grammar School (earliest record of existence 1330, endowed 1636) The King's School, Ottery St Mary (1335, refounded 1545) Bablake School (1344) St George's School, Windsor Castle (1348) Doncaster Grammar School now Hall Cross School, (first record of existence 1350)

  4. Three-tier education - Wikipedia

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    In a three-tier local education authority children begin their compulsory education in a first school [1] or lower school, [2] which caters for children up to the age of 8 or 9. [3] Children then transfer to a middle school, which caters for children from age 9 to age 13 or 14. [3] Following this, children transfer for the remainder of their ...

  5. American School for the Deaf - Wikipedia

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    The American School for the Deaf ( ASD ), originally The American Asylum, At Hartford, For The Education And Instruction Of The Deaf, is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States, and the first school for deaf children anywhere in the western hemisphere. [2] It was founded April 15, 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, by Thomas ...

  6. School - Wikipedia

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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. [2] In these systems, students progress through a series of schools that can be ...

  7. Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring farm, south of Hodgenville in Hardin County, Kentucky. His siblings were Sarah Lincoln Grigsby and Thomas Lincoln, Jr. After a land title dispute forced the family to leave in 1811, they relocated to Knob Creek farm, eight miles to the north.

  8. Seattle Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Seattle Public Schools is the largest public school district in the state of Washington. The school district serves almost all of Seattle. Additionally it includes sections of Boulevard Park and Tukwila. [7] As of the 2021-2022 academic year, 106 schools are operated by the district, which serve 51,650 students throughout the city.

  9. Buffalo Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    History. The Buffalo Public School System was started in 1838, 13 years after the completion of the Erie Canal and only 6 years after the 1832 incorporation of the City of Buffalo. Buffalo was the first city in the state of New York to have a free public education system supported by local taxes. Although New York City had a free public ...