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School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is a ballet academy in New York City, founded in 1934 by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, and the official school of New York City Ballet since 1948.
School of Chocolate
School of Chocolate is a 2021 Netflix reality competition in which chocolatier Amaury Guichon mentors eight pastry professionals with no eliminations; one "Best in Class" winner receives $50,000 and a Las Vegas master class.
School of Confucius (Ru school)
The School of Confucius, or Ru school (儒家学派), is the school founded by Kong Zi (551–479 BC), which taught the six arts and became Han China's state ideology.
School of Diplomacy
The School of Diplomacy (纵横家) was a group of itinerant political persuaders of China's Warring States period, known for the vertical and horizontal alliance strategies.
School of Fish
School of Fish was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989, disbanded 1994, led by Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward; known for the 1991 Capitol debut and the single "3 Strange Days."
School of Fontainebleau
The School of Fontainebleau (École de Fontainebleau) is the group of mostly Italian and French artists who decorated the Château de Fontainebleau for the French crown from 1530.
School of Homer Ag. Athanasios excavations (Ithaca)
The School of Homer excavations at Agios Athanasios are University of Ioannina digs in northern Ithaca, Greece (1994–2012), whose excavators identified the acropolis as the palace of Odysseus.
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is Columbia University's graduate school for international and public policy, founded in 1946 and renamed SIPA in 1981.
School of Kufa
The School of Kufa (مدرسة الكوفة الفقهية) was a legal school in Kufa, Iraq, known for reasoning by opinion and analogy and for producing the Hanafi madhhab.
School of Languages
The School of Languages (مدرسة الألسن) was a Cairo school founded in 1835 to train translators of European works, designed and directed by Rifa'a al-Tahtawi.
School of Lies
School of Lies (स्कूल ऑफ लाइज) is a 2023 Hindi Disney+ Hotstar drama thriller, 8 episodes, about a 12-year-old boy missing from boarding school RISE; created by Avinash Arun and Ishani Banerjee, starring Nimrat Kaur and Aamir Bashir.
School of Mind (Xinxue)
School of Mind, or Xinxue (心學), is a Confucian tradition centered on the mind-heart, founded by Lu Jiuyuan and completed by Wang Yangming in the Ming dynasty.
School of Names
The School of Names (名家, mingjia) is a Han-dynasty label for Warring States thinkers such as Deng Xi, Hui Shi, and Gongsun Long who studied language and disputation.
School of Paris
The School of Paris (École de Paris) was the loose group of mostly foreign-born artists, including Picasso, Chagall, and Modigliani, who worked in Paris from about 1900 until World War II.
School of Performing Arts Seoul (서울공연예술고등학교)
School of Performing Arts Seoul (서울공연예술고등학교, SOPA) is a private Christian arts high school in Guro District, Seoul, founded 1966, with departments in theater and film, practical music, practical dance, and stage art, known for idol alumni and documented corruption and student rights findings.
School of Rock
School of Rock is a 2003 Paramount comedy directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, starring Jack Black as fake substitute teacher Dewey Finn; it grossed $131.9 million worldwide and spawned a TV series and stage musical.
School of Rock (musical)
School of Rock: The Musical is Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of the 2003 film, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Julian Fellowes. It ran on Broadway 2015–2019 (1,309 performances, four Tony nominations) and in the West End 2016–2020, winning a 2017 Olivier Award.
School of Rock (TV series)
School of Rock (2016–2018) is a Nickelodeon live-action musical comedy adapted from the 2003 Jack Black film, starring Tony Cavalero as substitute teacher Dewey Finn; three seasons, 45 episodes, developed by Jim and Steve Armogida.
School of Seville
The School of Seville (escuela sevillana) is the regional painting tradition of Seville, Spain, which reached its defining form in the 17th century under Zurbarán and Murillo.
School of the Military (Militarist school)
The School of the Military (兵家) was a Warring States school of thought on war, represented by Sun Wu and Wu Qi and the Sunzi Bingfa.
School of Tropical Medicine
School of Tropical Medicine (Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine), Kolkata, India: government tropical disease institution founded 1914 by Leonard Rogers, with Carmichael Hospital, MD/DM/BMLT courses, and major kala-azar and HIV research.
School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts (SVA) is a private for-profit art and design college in Manhattan, founded in 1947 as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and renamed in 1956; about 3,244 undergraduates, 93% acceptance, Middle States accredited, top-20 QS art and design.
School on Fire (学校风云)
School on Fire (學校風雲; Hok Haau Fung Wan) is Ringo Lam's 1988 Hong Kong Category III action drama, third of the On Fire trilogy, about a schoolgirl terrorized by triads after testifying; it was censored and earned a Hong Kong Film Award.
School physics visit and enrichment programs
School physics visit and enrichment programs bring physics demonstrations, workshops, and working scientists into primary and secondary schools, in person or virtually, run mainly by universities and outreach networks.
School prayer
School prayer in US public schools: banned when school-sponsored by Engel v. Vitale (1962) and later cases, protected when voluntary and student-initiated, governed by ESEA certification rules and the 2022 Kennedy coach-prayer ruling.
School Rumble (スクールランブル)
School Rumble (スクールランブル) is Jin Kobayashi's school romcom manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine 2002–2008, 22 volumes, about 7.5 million copies, adapted by Studio Comet into two 26-episode anime seasons plus OVAs.
School segregation in the United States
School segregation in the United States: legally enforced racial separation of students under Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), overturned by Brown v. Board (1954); desegregation peaked in 1986, and schools have since resegregated along racial and economic lines.
School service centres in Quebec
School service centers (centers de services scolaire, CSS) are Quebec bodies created under Bill 40 in 2020 to run public French-language schools, replacing the elected francophone school commissions.
School shooting
School shooting: an incident in which a firearm is fired, brandished, or injures someone on school grounds, also called campus or school mass shooting; defined by varying casualty thresholds, most common in the United States, with shooters often students connected to the school.
School Spirits (2023 TV series)
School Spirits is an American supernatural teen drama on Paramount+, premiered March 9, 2023, created by Nate and Megan Trinrud, starring Peyton List as Maddie Nears, a dead teen investigating her own disappearance at Split River High; renewed for season 4 in March 2026.