The 2004 law on the wearing of religious symbols at school was celebrated on Friday March 15. The text aimed to provide protection to teachers and school heads (already) facing communitarian pressures, but also to certain young Muslim girls.
As EHESS researcher Éric Maurin notes, the law is far from having been in vain. “The ban on the veil coincided with a marked improvement in results… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 83% left to discover.