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Dominik Dvorák; Silvie Rita Kucerová; Ladislav Zilcher; Zdenek Svoboda – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2024
Current policies in education that support school choice can be a threat but also an opportunity for rural schools that are often at risk of closure or amalgamation/consolidation. Studies from Western Europe found two types of schools using the 'capitals' of the rural environment in different ways: 'community' and 'magnet' schools. Our…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Rural Areas
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Svoboda, Zdenek; Dvorák, Dominik; Zilcher, Ladislav; Šmíd, Jan; Kucerová, Silvie R. – Journal of Pedagogy, 2022
Czech parents place particular emphasis on ensuring the overall quality of life of their child when choosing a school. Our study shows how rural state schools understand this demand. A mixed approach was used in our research. In the first step, administrative data from all schools in municipalities with a population of up to 3,000 was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, School Choice, Quality of Life