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"In 2004, Maxence Arcy moved with his family to Bellefontaine, a poor suburb of
the French city of Toulouse. Limited by what he could afford, the father of six
bought a place on a sprawling housing estate in the neighborhood which had
catchment schools with the worst educational record in the region.
“At the time, there were only Mahgrebians and Africans living on the estate and
going to these schools,” says Arcy, who originally migrated from Morocco in
search of work in 1984. “It was a kind of segregation in the 21st century.”
But in January 2017, local authorities closed those schools in France’s fourth
biggest city and instead bussed the 1,140 affected pupils to high-achieving
facilities in the prosperous downtown in an attempt to write a new chapter of
education equality."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
