Tag: education
Prohibiting one’s mother tongue at school confuses education professionals – school is not meant to speak only Finnish
The school should speak all the languages whose speakers can be found under the school roof. In practice, speaking one’s mother tongue is not always easy for children and young…
How can coding education be facilitated for women?
The UK, where software developers, cybersecurity professionals and data analysts are in high demand, faces a talent shortage in terms of digital skills. And it’s not just the UK’s problem:…
In Sweden, a teacher fired for refusing to use the neutral pronoun
Should we call children who are transgender, or who consider themselves neither boys nor girls, with a particular pronoun? Sweden has just decided by condemning a teacher who did not…
The new faces of far-right populism
In Portugal, the Chega party. The last legislative elections gave the absolute majority to the socialist Antonio Costa. But the novelty is also the arrival on the political scene of…
Starting class, young people reintegrate through dance, singing and theater
Use artistic practice to regain self-confidence, learn the codes of living together, find a place in society and a life project. This is the objective of the Classe Départ, led…
“Illectronism”, a phenomenon that also affects French youth
15-29 year olds are the age category of the French population most equipped with smartphones, tablets and computers, according to a study by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic…
Secularism: the 2004 law deemed “racist” and “sexist”? “SUD Education must explain itself”
“Law 2004: chronology and struggles against a racist and sexist law in education”. The title of this workshop, offered as part of a union training course at SUD Education 93…
the baccalaureate specialty written exams postponed to May
Initially scheduled for March 14, 15 and 16, the baccalaureate specialty written exams are finally postponed by two months in France. They will take place on May 11, 12, and…
Organic and local products in school canteens: Lyon’s ambition
It is one of these French metropolises which have switched to environmentalists in the last municipal elections of 2020. Two months before the first round of the presidential election, RFI…
There will soon be no more very good public high schools in Paris (Thank you National Education)
In Paris – academy certainly very particular -, it is all the fragile balance of the public school which is threatened. The latest developments can and should worry us all.…