Massive protests have swept across France since mid-September as students have rallied against the country’s education system ...

While the tradition of student protest has long roots in France, the country’s current fiscal crisis combined with entrenched structural problems with teacher recruitment, sickness absence and a ...

Students fought running battles with police and several schools were ablaze Friday as violence gripped France with no end in sight to protests that have rocked the country.

High school students across France set fires and clashed with police on Wednesday and Thursday, escalating nearly a week of disruption.

This story is based on an interview with Sarah Lucus, 52, of the Chamonix valley, France, who works in international education. It has been edited for length and clarity. I moved to France in 2001 for ...

Schools set on fire in France as student riots dramatically escalate - The French education minister will meet with unions to prevent further riots after hundreds of young people have been arrested ac ...

FRENCH students have set schools ablaze and allegedly attacked teachers in a wave of vicious protests sweeping through the country. Outraged pupils have set up barricades and ransacked buildings ...

The Saint-Exupery high school outside Paris is where the first protest took place last month about French education conditions. Students there tell NPR what they're hoping for and have achieved.

Greta Thunberg has thrown her support behind high school protesters in France. On Tuesday, she joined hundreds of teenagers demonstrating outside their school north of Paris.

As pupils blockaded high schools, large crowds waving flags and placards gathered in Marseille, Strasbourg and other cities. The demonstrations showed how protests that began at a high school in the ...

Students who have been demanding more investment in education are being joined by parents and some big unions.