On an island cut off from the world, 64 boys live in a boarding school-prison, under the constant surveillance of despotic and cruel guards. When they break a rule or show themselves too curious, the children are severely punished, even being locked up in the “fridge”, a dark cold room. Méto joined the “house” at […]
After the specialty tests in mid-May, it’s time for philosophy, one of the few remaining written tests from the old baccalaureate. For four hours, the 523,199 high school students in the general and technological series had to work this Wednesday, June 15, on one of the three subjects offered, two of dissertation and one of […]
US President Joe Biden has named an Indian-American Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Rashad Hussain is the first Muslim to hold this important post. Hussain, 41, is currently the Director of Partnerships and Global Engagement on the National Security Council. Hussein holds a law degree from Yale University and holds a master’s […]
► What does academic freedom cover? As underlined by law professor Olivier Beaud (1), “academic freedom” is a term imported from Germany and the United States. ” It is part of university freedoms which also include university franchises inherited from the Middle Ages, police franchises (the police cannot intervene in a university without the approval […]
La Croix: How do you welcome the bill reinforcing republican principles? Philippe Delorme : With caution. We do not deny the difficulties generated by the rise of a form of “separatism” and “communitarianism”. But the spirit of this text is worrying. The state gives the impression of wanting to take full responsibility for education and […]
On this Monday of resumption, Didier Georges wears gray suit, black tie, white mask crossed out with a hashtag and a name: Samuel Paty. The principal of the college of Grange-aux-Belles, in the Xe arrondissement of Paris, gathered its teachers in the refectory to discuss the unique context of this mini-re-entry. There is the reinforced […]