The Intersection of Immigration and K–13 Education Policies in Post-Charlie France

• In Event: Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: Immigration and Nationalism

Abstract

In January 2015, seventeen people were killed in Paris by two brothers who were immigrants from North Africa and their associate, a man of West African heritage. These events have come to be known as the “Charlie Hebdo” attacks, and have thrust immigration and education policies into the spotlight in France. Policies mandating the teaching of secularism, citizenship, and "French values" were announced at the end of January by the Minister of Education. With a sociocultural lens, this paper examines these policy responses through document analysis and an exploration of French educator perspectives toward these policies and immigration policies based upon an analysis of qualitative interviews and observations in two distinct educational settings in Paris in the spring of 2015.

Author

• Judith Toure, Carlow University