Students in France are protesting for better schools. Why does it have to come to this? Hey everyone! 👋 We're EUobserver, an independent European newsroom, and we'd love to start a conversation here about what's happening in French schools. Students have been protesting over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and poor learning conditions. Things that should really be the basics of a decent education. What's interesting is that students from more privileged schools are also joining those from underfunded ones. So this is becoming a much wider conversation about inequality, solidarity and young people's voices in politics. We recently interviewed Sciences Po political scientist Jan Rovný about what's driving these protests, but we're particularly interested in hearing what people in this community think. Why does it so often take protests for problems in education to get serious attention? And do you think student-led movements can actually bring lasting change? We're not here to redirect the conversation elsewhere — we'd genuinely love to discuss this with you right here in the comments, especially if you've experienced something similar in your own country.   submitted by   /u/EUobs   to   r/LeftWithoutEdge [link]   [comments]