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French Student Unrest Spreads Nationwide as Teachers Walk Out
Hundreds of French high schools will shut Tuesday as teacher unions join a student-led protest movement demanding more money for education.
Hundreds of French high schools will shut Tuesday as teacher unions join a student-led protest movement demanding more money for education.
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The escalating unrest over conditions in the lycée system has forced school closures across France and left hundreds of people injured.
It's been 18 days since we first reported on isolated cases of schools protests at a high school in Rennes in Brittany, in Caen in Normandy and Villeneueve d'Asque on the suburbs of Lille. The complaints were similar in theme, overloaded timetables, staffing problems, poor facilities. It spread to…
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