Rural school of modern Russia and abroad

the article presents the results of a comparative study of the state and development trends of rural schools in modern Russia and in a number of foreign countries. A comparison of domestic and foreign scientific publications, the results of international monitoring, studies of various scientific teams was carried out. A modern rural school is understood as a special educational institution entrusted with a socio-cultural mission, implemented, in addition to general education, through the performance of numerous additional functions - educational, socio-pedagogical, compensatory, child protection, etc. The features of life activity are revealed compared the general problems of modern rural educational institutions are characterized. It was revealed that a particularly acute problem for Russia and other countries is to ensure the functioning and development of a small, small rural school. A promising model for a rural school is a model when it becomes a socio-cultural educational center of a rural settlement, functioning in the basis of network interaction of institutions of different departments, different levels of education, social institutions and communities.