L'évitement scolaire et les classes moyennes à Paris

School Choice in London and Paris – A Comparison of Middle‐class Strategies

“…There is a similar body of literature related to middle-class schooling strategies in France, starting with Ballion's ( 1982 ) focus on the middle-classes as consumers of schooling. Such strategies may have elements of school avoidance (François and Poupeau 2004 ), but can also be related to the desire to access high performing establishments (Oberti et al . 2012 ).…”

Has the "Ambition Success Networks" Educational Program Achieved its Ambition?

“…Other studies show that parents take into account school choice in their decision to move or relocate (Fack & Grenet (2010) for the case of Paris). More generally, sociologists have reported the existence of parental strategies concerning the schooling of their children (François & Poupeau (2004)) and…”

Mass University and Social Inclusion: The Paradoxical Effect of Public Policies

“…The scope of school integration varies according to public policies and social relations between families often involving competition (Verdier, 2010), but also mainly according to the regulation of institutional practices (Iannelli, 2013). Even in the presence of a common program, the reconfiguration of the link between social and educational inequalities can be maintained through socially accepted practices of segregation in institutions: for example, parents' right to choose their children's school (Van Zanten, 2009), the link between the quality of institutions and the social organization of neighborhoods, which favors socially homogeneous student groupings in the same schools (François & Poupeau, 2004), learning differentiation and the proliferation of optional courses (Felouzis, 2009;Kamanzi, 2019;Kamanzi et al, 2020), the autonomy of institutions to adapt or reorganize programs, as well as competition between institutions (Draelants, 2013;Kamanzi, 2019).…”