The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Court forces Paris high school pupils to smoke outside A French court ruled on Thursday that a high school outside Paris was not allowed to create a smoking zone on its premises, a measure taken by many schools after the jihadist attack on the capital in November. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160421/court-forces-paris-high-schoolers-to-smoke-outside Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:44:29 +0200 court-forces-paris-high-schoolers-to-smoke-outside 'Smoking a bigger danger to French pupils than terrorism' A French health expert has launched legal proceedings against a school for allowing children to smoke on school grounds, on the premise it is safer than outside the gates because of the terror threat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160329/health-expert-says-in-school-smoking-should-be-stubbed-out Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:27:37 +0200 health-expert-says-in-school-smoking-should-be-stubbed-out French less educated than other Europeans A new study showed French people are less educated than the European average, which seems to be a blow to the country’s oft criticized education system. However, some good news is concealed in the findings. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140221/french-below-european-education Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:06:00 +0100 french-below-european-education