école
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They are off for a long day at école maternelle, or nursery, which the French state provides free to all children.
From Economist ● May 26, 2016
After passing the bac, most aspirants to a grande école attend a cours préparatoire; commonly known as a prépas: two years of intense study in their chosen field.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2014
I started the New Year in Paris with a mission: to enroll my daughter in école maternelle, France’s universal preschool program.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2014
“In France, families celebrate acceptance at a grande école more than graduation itself,” said Richard Descoings, who runs the most liberal of them, the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, known as Sciences Po.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2010
There’s hardly any way to keep the école secondaire open another term without funds, and parents are anxious that education is only putting their children at greater risk.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Mensitieri, an alumni of École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, one of France’s elite grandes écoles, is in London to talk about her book, although it has not yet been translated into English.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2018
But progress was stalled by reluctance from elite institutions known as grandes écoles to give up their names and autonomy.
From Nature ● Mar. 27, 2018
At the same time, the "grandes écoles" - exclusive academies where France's elite are educated - have blurred the lines between business, civil service and politics.
From Reuters ● Apr. 8, 2014
Ironically, the first grandes écoles were established after the French Revolution as an egalitarian means of training the talented sons and daughters of the middle class.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2014
It did not include Sarkozy, who failed to work his way through les grandes écoles and is said to resent their graduates even now.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2012
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