Is small beautiful? A scoping review of 21st-century research on small rural schools in Europe

Cortez Deacetis

Introduction According to Eurostat (2020), in total, just over a quarter (28{0841e0d75c8d746db04d650b1305ad3fcafc778b501ea82c6d7687ee4903b11a}) of the population across 28 European countries live in what can be designated a rural area. These areas, however, vary markedly in socio-economic, geographical and educational terms. For example, while rural areas close to urban centres are likely […]