Vincent Peillon: «Schools must assume their moral function».»

Schools are the focus of much debate. Vincent Peillon, Minister of National Education from 2012 to 2014 under President François Hollande, details his vision of this important institution of the Republic - a vision that has been the subject of heated critics.

A holder of the agrégation in philosophy, a senior leader of the French Socialist Party, and a clear-eyed admirer of the great republicans of the Third Republic—deeply steeped in the French liberal tradition—Vincent Peillon is well-versed in philosophy and history. His hands-on experience as a teacher allows him to combine theory and practice. It also leads him to observe that the French school system is not well understood, even by its own policymakers. For him, it plays an educational role, but also a political, moral, and practical one.