The predominantly upper middle class newcomers negotiate their sense of rural place against the backdrop of the primarily working class old timers» concept of rurality. (smallschoolscoalition.com)
«Southernness and rurality here reflect the cultural aspects rather than the geographical definition of a county and may indicate the probability that a school in that area will use SCP,» Font explained. (sciencedaily.com)
Of course there are exceptions to this, but overall in terms of the national literacy and numeracy data, in terms of school completion rates, in terms of transition to quality post-school higher education or training, in terms of PISA results and TIMSS results internationally — in all of those there seems to be, well not there seems, there is a factor that is at play in terms of remoteness, or rurality as some have called it. (teachermagazine.com.au)