Contrary to popular belief, school uniforms are neither an authoritarian relic nor a retrograde symbol. Rather, as Jean-Claude Kaufmann shows, it reveals our delicate balance between equality, freedom and a sense of community.
When children from a migrant background make a nuisance of themselves at school, many believe that the responsibility lies with the school. However, problems often originate within the family.
Surveys are unanimous: the level of basic knowledge among students in Switzerland is plummeting. The PLR, now in charge of the education departments in several French-speaking cantons after a long period of power from the left, is expected to take a stand.
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Switzerland doesn't like heroes, especially its own. That's not a problem in itself. Unless, that is, it removes the individual from history, at the risk of rendering it unintelligible. In this sense, Switzerland would do well to reappropriate its great figures.
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There are measurable differences in intelligence. But how they translate into practice depends on other factors.
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In a world where literature is often seen as mere entertainment, it may seem important to restore the importance of learning the French language and studying its greatest authors.
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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.
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On Saturday, at the Journée libérale romande co-organized by Le Regard Libre, Olivier Massin, Director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel, showed what kind of liberalism it is wise to defend if you value the idea of education. Striking.
Le Regard Libre N° 73 - Guillaume Moix
Since the start of the crisis, children's and teenagers' screen time has increased significantly. The harmful consequences of excessive screen use have been confirmed by countless studies, despite occasional disagreements within the scientific community. It would therefore be legitimate to take this factor into account in the management of the current health crisis, and more particularly that of education. Analysis.
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Swiss education is conceived as a system with two main parallel, but mutually permeable, routes. The so-called «vocational» route starts with the famous CFC and can end with ES, Brevets Fédéraux or Diplôme Fédéral diplomas. The second route takes students from the gymnasium or lycée to the universities and universities of applied sciences (HES). However, the latter - a phenomenon mainly confined to the French-speaking part of Switzerland - are monopolizing the privilege of vocational training, with the benevolent blessing of the French-speaking cantonal authorities. Without, however, relinquishing the «university» prestige that the Bologna Process has brought them.
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