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Madeleine de Jessey and Joachim Le Floch-Imad: “Is it still possible to save the school system?”

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Literature teacher Madeleine de Jessey describes what she sees as the collapse in students’ academic level by the end of high school in her book, *The School of the Illiterate*.
  • She debates the state of France’s school system and possible remedies with Joachim Le Floch-Imad, author of *The Takeover of the National Education System*.

Madeleine de Jessey and Joachim Le Floch-Imad ask whether France’s school system can still be saved in an in-depth discussion about its condition and possible remedies.

De Jessey, a literature teacher in preparatory classes, has published *The School of the Illiterate* with Albin Michel. The book describes what she presents as the collapse in students’ academic level by the time they leave high school.

She debates this assessment and ways to restore the school system with Le Floch-Imad, author of *The Takeover of the National Education System*. His book has just been released in paperback in an expanded and updated edition.

Is it still possible to save the school system?

· Madeleine de Jessey and Joachim Le Floch-ImadThe headline frames their discussion about the state of France’s education system and how it might be restored.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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