Tableau noir

Synopsis of Tableau noir

«Tableau noir» is the critical essay on the French education system by Jean-Paul Brighelli, published by Hugo doc in paperback (229 pages, in French).

Brighelli denounces the collapse of the French school: poorly trained teachers, degraded cultural transmission and abandonment of the poorest students. He proposes abandoning the goal of 80% of students obtaining the baccalauréat, reinstating the entrance exam in sixth grade, improving teacher salaries and linking scholarships to results.

Published in 2014, it arrives ten years after La Fabrique du crétin, a work by the same author cited on the cover.

For teachers, education students and readers who follow the debate on the French education system and its reforms.