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schools  

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  • The term school usually refers to formal, institutionalized settings for imparting socially desirable knowledge, skills, and attitudes. In modern societies, children and youth spend many years in such settings, completing tasks assigned primarily by teachers, but interacting primarily with same-age peers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; School]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S48KZHR0-B

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