France is overhauling its Napoleon-era baccalauréat exam for high-school students, but critics say the changes don't pass the test
French president overhauls feared baccalauréat high-school graduation tests in a bid to build nation’s reputation as a hub for innovation, but critics say the changes don’t pass the testPARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron is making good on a campaign promise to overhaul the sacred cow of the country’s education system: the feared baccalauréat exam.
Since gilets jaunes protests shook the country this year, Mr. Macron has eased up on deficit targets and put the brakes on planned civil-service reductions. But despite teacher strikes and mounting criticism of education overhauls, the president is pressing on with changes to the weeklong high-school graduation exams Napoleon introduced in 1808. Le bac, as...
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