The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France
Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.
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Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.
Read MoreJust over 150 high schools were closed, and France’s education minister invited three major student groups to meet with him on Thursday afternoon.
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Read MoreUnion members, parents and teachers joined the demonstrations, broadening the student-led protest movement that has closed hundreds of French high schools since late September.
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