Over the last two decades, many municipalities in Finland have attempted to cut costs by
closing small schools. In particular, rural schools with low enrolment have been the target of …

Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

A popular notion asserts that closing the last primary school marks a community's
demographic death. No young parents will remain, much less new ones move in. This notion …

Rural areas in the alpine regions suffer from dwindling student numbers. Differentiated
instruction (DI) could help improve the teaching culture by allowing instructors to better …

The International Journal of Educational Research published a theme issue on rural schools
in 2009 that included reviews of research into rural schools and their communities in Norway …

This study's aim was to examine selected objectively-measured and child specific built
environment attributes in relation to proportion of out-of-school time spent in moderate-to …

This study examines the impact of school closures on the sociospatial distribution of
equitable access to schooling following the school closure policy pursued by the Chicago …

Social cohesion is recognised as the glue that holds societies together and is connected to
numerous positive social outcomes. Many authors have defined the term and its dimensions …

In Denmark, many rural schools have been closed since 2000. These school closures have
often resulted in heated debates between local politicians and the local population. Locals …

Informed by recent struggles over schooling, this article proceeds from the premise that
education is a deeply geographic and urgently political problem increasingly engaged by a …