The Specifics of Rural School in Russia: Historical and Pedagogical Analysis

The article proposes historical and pedagogical analysis of the leading provisions of the concept of the rural school development. The purpose of the study is to identify on the basis of historical and pedagogical analysis and to systematize the peculiarities of rural school as one of the leading factors of modernization of education of Russia. The novelty of the study is to clarify the content of the rural school as a pedagogical system. The theoretical significance of the study is that scientific ideas about the rural school of Russia have been systematized on the basis of the carried out historical and pedagogical analysis and patterns of development of the modern rural school in Russia have been established (formation of the rural school as an open network general education organization; the focus of the content of the educational process on the design and implementation of variable educational services, which ensure the formation of social and personal success of graduates; feasibility of modeling rural schools taking into account national-regional specificities, etc.).