Louis-Le Grand and Henri-IV housed, in the future, in the same way as all the Parisian high schools.
The information, unveiled this weekend by
Le Monde
, sounds like a small revolution in the educational world and beyond.
Because it's the end of a tradition.
The two historic high schools in Paris are integrating Affelnet this year, this computerized procedure for assigning middle school students to high school.
Finished the selection on file that they had until then.
Make way for the algorithmic milling of the software, set up since last year in the capital to promote social and academic diversity and put an end to so-called “
level
” high schools.
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The Paris Academy is currently making the final “
adjustments
” in order to make the change “
acceptable
” to families and public opinion.
Recent simulations have revealed the risk of a multitude of tied candidates at the gates of these prestigious establishments on the Sainte-Geneviève mountain.
Part of the procedure will therefore always be…
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