
An overview of current tensions in French high schools, marked by demonstrations, violent incidents and criticism of the management of National Education.
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French high schools are experiencing a wave of protests linked to teaching conditions and reforms to the school system. Clashes were reported during demonstrations in Paris.
The editorial of Figaro Magazine: “High school blockade, zero points”
In a world of work where artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs, we are deceiving an entire generation into believing that access to higher education is synonymous with employment and social advancement.
High school crisis: Édouard Geffray announces “several thousand positions” in “the coming hours” to replace absent teachers
After Act IV of the high school mobilization, the Minister of National Education announced concrete and immediate measures: 3,000 “badly assigned” replacements will join the 514 establishments that need them the most.
Despite Sébastien Lecornu's announcements, high school anger does not subside
STORY - Unions called for new mobilization throughout France on Tuesday October 13. In Paris, clashes broke out at Place de la Bastille on Thursday evening. According to the Ministry of the Interior, 71,500 demonstrators were counted, including 24,500 in Paris.
Laurence de Charette: “Parcoursup, ultimate victim of the great egalitarian lie”
CHRONICLE - If Parcoursup needs to be improved, it is with a view to more transparency, but also more selectivity in the service of meritocracy.
Failing connections, cyberblockade… The failures of hastily implemented “distancing”
DECRYPTION - Since October 1, many high schools forced to close their doors have been organizing distance learning courses. But, between virtual blockages and technical problems, their maintenance turns out to be very complicated.
Chantal Delsol: “High school students are the victims of the school’s egalitarian lie”
TRIBUNE - The high school students of May 68 let themselves be seduced by Maoist or Trotskyist fables, but the Republican school had given them a culture, analyzes the philosopher. According to her, the blockers pay the price of a more serious lie: that of a primary school which crowns ignorance.
Charlotte Peytour: “The danger of AI is not mediocrity, but uniformity”
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - In the wake of the Thélyson Orélien affair, the danger of AI would be less in writing poorly than in standardizing creation to the detriment of audacity, argues the philosophy professor.
Hand of a high school student torn off, universities closed… A Monday of high tensions before the big demonstration
If the mobilization in front of high schools fell by more than a quarter compared to last Friday, according to the Ministry of Education, new clashes took place on Monday. A 15-year-old boy lost his hand while picking up a grenade.
The actor Omar Sy criticized on France Inter the government management of high school demonstrations, denouncing police repression and a lack of listening to young people who express their demands for education.

The State was ordered by the Nantes administrative court to compensate the mother of a schoolboy from Vendée 1,200 euros due to 239 hours of lessons not provided by teachers not replaced in 2021-2022.

The lawyer for Evan, a 15-year-old high school student whose hand was torn off during a blockage in Lens, filed a complaint for intentional violence. Meanwhile, the mobilization movement of high school students continues across France.
Cornell University has suspended parties organized by fraternities and men's sororities for the remainder of the school year, following an alleged gang sexual assault involving seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity against a 20-year-old student, sparking a wave of outrage in the United States.
The mobilization of high school students continues in France with around 200 establishments closed to demand more resources. In response, the government is urgently deploying 3,024 replacement teachers, a measure which is raising union concerns.

The high school mobilization begins its third week with act 5 scheduled for Tuesday October 13, marked by a drop in participation (71,500 demonstrators on Thursday compared to 256,000 on October 6). Unions and students hope to relaunch the movement before the All Saints holidays, with rallies in Paris, Marseille, Nice and Poitiers, while the government announces the deployment of 3,000 replacement teachers and calls for calm.