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French education system: too old school?

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This is back-to-school time in France. The government would like French kids to have more spare time in the afternoon instead of spending the whole day sitting at their desks. 124 high-schools will conduct the experiment. So is the French education model going out the door?

 

GUESTS:
 
Peter GUMBEL 
Author of "They Shoot Schoolkids, Don't They?” Grasset, septembre 2010
 
Bernard HUGONNIER
Deputy-Director of the Directorate for Education, OECD
 
Hosted by Marc PERELMAN

 


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