Iannis Roder has been a history associate and professor in the priority education network for twenty-five years. Director of the Education Observatory of the Jean Jaurès Foundation, he recently published, with Alain Seksig and Sen Milan, Preserving Secularism (L'Observatoire, March 2024).

Threatened with death after asking a student to remove her veil, the principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school resigned this Tuesday. Is this an admission of failure for National Education?