“Does the school remain open on principle? “, wonders the Terra Nova think tank, at a time when the controversy swells around the reduction of the health protocol, decided on February 12 by the Ministry of National Education. “The note was written before the decision, which confirms that the ministry is making choices in principle, […]
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Why has the health protocol become more flexible in schools in the face of the English variant?
Tracked with concern by the health authorities, the British variant no longer benefits from special treatment in schools. Since 1er February, a confirmed case of the mutation resulted in the immediate closure of the classroom, when three virus diagnoses “General” imposed the same decision – with the exception of kindergarten, where the ax fell from […]
In the heart of the educational city of Chanteloup-les-Vignes
He is a teenager like so many others, who masks his shyness by looking at the ground, his hands buried in his pockets. That day, however, Thierno, 14, has a new insurance. A film crew questions him about the program “A great school, why not me”, in which he has participated since the beginning of […]
Separatism, the majority are trying to save their measure on homeschooling
The restriction of family instruction (IEF) was the surprise announcement of President Macron’s speech on 2 October. Four months later, she appears to have become Bill’s Achilles heel ” reinforcing respect for the principles of the Republic ”. Article 21, which replaces the declarative system with an authorization device for families wishing to educate at […]
Covid-19: in the face of variants, a new protocol in schools
Increasing curves, closures which are multiplying (96 establishments and 444 classes as of January 29 against 64 establishments and 371 classes the previous week): contamination in schools is accelerating, with the additional threat of the English variant. This led, on February 1, to the closure of an elementary school in Strasbourg after the identification of […]
Self-containment, do we need an apology for school?
Confine yourself for a week before Christmas to avoid contamination during family Christmas Eve. The idea, put forward by the scientific council, was relayed by the government. This logically led the executive to invite the French who plan to find relatives potentially vulnerable to Covid to telework when possible and not to send their children […]
Level of students in math, the challenge of training teachers to raise their heads
What does the Timms study say? Four years after a previous edition which had sounded the alarm, this study carried out in 2019 shows that our students of CM1 and 4e are stuck at the very end of the ranking in mathematics and science. In CM1, for example, France comes last in the European class […]
Non-contract Muslim schools in the sights of the authorities
They educate 85,000 children out of 12 million but are the subject of growing attention. Non-contract schools – private establishments whose teachers are not paid by the state and enjoy, in return, greater freedom – are at the heart of several articles of the bill reinforcing republican principles. Nicknamed the “law against separatism”, this text […]
Homeschooling, will the government backtrack?
Compulsory education from 3 years old and by extension, the end of home schooling. This is one of the flagship measures of the bill against separatism, renamed “law consolidating republican principles” which must be presented on Wednesday, December 9, in the Council of Ministers. But will the government have to backtrack on this aspect, after […]
Covid-19, the level drops at the beginning of elementary but not in 6th
Asked at the beginning of September about the Ifop-Apel-La Croix poll giving one in two parents convinced that their child had accumulated delay during the confinement, the Minister of Education put forward the holding of national assessments from the first weeks of classroom. He invited them to wait for their results to judge a possible […]