The question of the School system is one of the most debated in contemporary France, and will be one of the issues arising as the new government sets to work.
The main questions explored in this volume of collected essays are the following:
- Teacher training (University Education for Teachers)
- Learning to read
- Teaching Humanities
- Teaching French/regional languages
- The reform of the universities
- Behaviour Management
The list of potential contributors includes: Daniel Bancel, Philippe Raynaud, Alain Bentolila, Luc Ferry, Guy Carcassonne, Alain Renaut, Jean-Claude Casanova.
Alain Finkielkraut is a lecturer at the École Polytechnique and the presenter of the France Culture Radio programme « Répliques » from which these texts are selected.