Philosophy professor Claude Lelievre discusses whether or not it would be a good idea to shorten French school holidays, as previously advocated for by President Emmanuel Macron.
Millions of French children returned to the classroom on Monday as primary schools reopened after a three-week shutdown ordered to combat a severe third wave of Covid-19 infections.
Hackers operating from Russia and China targeted France's homeschooling platform which crashed at the start of a nationwide partial lockdown last week, investigators said on Monday.
As schools in France stayed closed on Tuesday as part of the third nationwide lockdown measures that took effect this weekend, many parents will be left juggling work and childcare. Here's a look at the help that is available.
From Monday children and teachers in French schools are no longer able to wear fabric face masks, but must instead wear 'category 1' surgical masks which offer a higher level of protection.
The French Prime Minister announced on Thursday the face mask rules for school pupils would be tightened meaning children aged six and over would now have to wear them.
The number of school and class closures in France has increased, the education minister reported on Wednesday, but the government has relaxed the rules for parents sending children back to class.
A total of 32 schools and 524 individual classes have closed in France because of Covid-19 outbreaks, the French government confirmed on Thursday morning. Ministers introduced a new measure to help those parents whose kids were sent home.
La rentrée scolaire is here but are you ready to be hit by concepts and words particular to French school life? Here is a survival guide for parents with kids in French schools.
France's schools only fully reopened on June 22nd, but in the first week of the full return two Paris schools have closed after staff and a pupil tested positive for Covid-19.
If you're among those considered to be at high risk if you contract Covid-19, these are your rights regarding your return to the workplace, working from home, partial unemployment and more.
Radically different from the traditional, somewhat rigid French school system, this Paris establishment has no classrooms, no lesson plans and the pupils have an equal say in how it is run. Mum-of-two Naomi Fisher explains more.
Parents across France braced for more school strikes on Thursday as teachers stage walk-outs and street protests against the government. Here's what it's all about.
Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools.
Millions of pupils will return to classrooms across France on Monday, but don't fear -- it will soon be the holidays again. Here are the dates for the next school year to get in your diaries (even if you aren't a parent).
French primary school pupils are more reluctant than their European counterparts to stick their hands up in class to answer questions, a new study revealed. So what's the problem?
Used to teaching 24 children or more at a time, Zahia Adnani now spends her days with a group around half that size in her colourful classroom north of Paris where a flagship effort to tackle inequality is under way.
A French court sentenced a mother of five to a year behind bars for slapping one of her children's teachers in the face, prosecutors said on Wednesday, confirming a penalty seen as unusually harsh.
Parents in the 18th arrondissement of Paris have joined forces to take a stand against the poor quality of the meals being served to their children at schools in the area.
