France's Schools: Heavy Spending, Contested Distribution

For weeks, schoolchildren in France have been protesting what Deutsche Welle describes as a failing education system. The awkward part is the money. France invests heavily in education compared with many other countries, but critics say the funds are not distributed fairly. Those are two separate arguments, and only the first one can be settled by pointing at a budget line — a system can be well funded in aggregate and still leave particular schools or regions short.