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From the desk of Tiberge
The fallout from Jacques Attali’s report continues to rain down. The report is a staggering array of 316 proposals to free up the French economy. One topic – education – has been the focus of much concern at the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2521 websites, since it is primarily Catholic parents who send their children to private schools.
Generally speaking, there are two types of private schools – those that are “under government contract”, and those that are “hors contrat” (outside the contract). The latter are totally independent of government influence, and all expenses and instruction must be funded by the parents.
In Decision 6 of the Attali report the following is stated:”The requirement [carte scolaire that children attend schools in their own neighborhood separates pupils living in difficult neighborhoods from those of the city centers. The requirement can be overcome by those with the means to obtain an exemption, or to pay for their child’s schooling in a private establishment. Therefore, as a first step, parents and children must be allowed total freedom of choice of school, once they have examined the public evaluations of the schools. In case there is an excessive demand for one school, transparent priorities, both geographical and social, will be established.”
I can almost guarantee you that this means that when a French child and a minority child are competing for the same school, the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2964 child will win.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2921