What is the reasoning for the Grand Paris? What does the transformation of the relationship between Paris and its suburbs imply? “Searching for the Grand Paris” is an original MOOC featuring accounts from residents, association representatives, experts, and researchers. It also contains archival footage and documents, as well as a comparative analysis of Brussels, London, and other French cities. The MOOC combines historical and comparative approaches with a discussion of controversial topics. It also reflects upon the notion of scale and questions what is at stake in the implementation of the Grand Paris. It discusses the evolution of Paris and its region, as well as issues such as ethnic and social segregation, economic growth, safety, the environment, housing, transportation, city construction, education, and culture. “Searching for the Grand Paris” is not exclusively directed towards universities. It is free and for the general public. This dynamic, even lively, MOOC was made in collaboration with students from the University of Science Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies), along with many other contributors. TEACHER : Patrick Le Galès (politist and sociologist) PREREQUISITE There is no required prerequisite for this course. PLAN DU COURS Session 1: Metropolization and Economic Growth Session 2: Population and Migration Session 3: Housing and Construction Session 4: Transportation and Mobility Session 5: Law enforcement and Environment Session 6: Culture and Education EVALUATION This MOOC offers a final MCQ. PEDAGOGICAL TEAM Héloïse Thibault, Valentine Quinio, Judith Lienhard, Ninon Beillard, Juliette Guichardet, Odile Gaultier-Voituriez, Miyuki Tsuchiya, Maxime Crépel, Pôle Audiovisuel Sciences Po TERMS OF USE All rights reserved PARTNERS Mairie de Paris | Ecole urbaine de SciencesPo Paris | Grand Public
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Searching for the Grand Paris
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Session 6: Culture and Education
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Patrick Le Galès
Centre d'études européennes
"Searching for the Grand Paris"
"Metropolization and Economic Growth"
"Culture and Education: the Suburbs vs Paris?"
-I am young,
but I do not feel a part of French society.
I cannot imagine myself having a good job.
Why? Because I am from La Courneuve.
Everything I hear about La Courneuve takes away any motivation I may have.
I keep going to college because my parents tell me
that people from La Courneuve or Bobigny have a poor reputation
and that they have to work harder than others
to take down the obstacles and to prove that they can make it,
that they can have projects and make them happen.
-I did not have any interview for 18 months.
I do not know if this is enough to draw a correlation.
When your résumé shows you went to school in Villetaneuse,
that you are from Bobigny, I think it is an obstacle.
-In ninth grade, they would tell us, "You will study sales, accounting,
and you will take masonry, you will like it, you're a big guy."
Let young people choose what they want to do.
-The way we invest in education needs to change.
A friend of mine lived in Champigny but went to school in Nogent.
In Paris, there are high schools everywhere.
To improve things, the conurbation has to do something.
Paris and the surrounding departments should work together
to increase their investments in education.
-I worry about equal opportunities when it comes to school.
There is discrimination.
What does it mean? With the Grand Paris,
young people can go study in Paris, in Henri IV high school for instance.
-I think too many high schools are being left off,
there are too many inequalities
between privileged schools like ours and less privileged schools,
social inequalities between students who received different educations.
-I think students in the suburbs see Parisian students a certain way,
and that they see us in a different way.
But I think we are not that different since we all learn the same things.
We may discover that we have some things in common.
-We should work on respecting equal opportunities and meritocracy.
On many websites, the Louise-Michel school has a low ranking
and was to be ranked as in a priority education zone.
I hate reading this,
because we have brilliant students who deserve to succeed.
-In the suburbs, Lakanal is the only school with a good reputation.
There aren't any other.
We should put forward some suburban high schools,
to try to get their preparatory classes at the same level as the ones in Paris.
-We should be able to divide students
between Parisian schools to create more diversity.
University is what helped me have a better life
because I used to never leave my neighborhood.
In university, people from different areas introduced me to new things.
They helped me be more fulfilled and better-integrated in society.
Today, the problem is that schools are ghettos.
-I cannot send my daughter to the nearest school because it is full
and that 90% of its pupils are of African descent,
so what of our own culture?
This is a controversial topic but it has been ignored for too long
and we will have to tackle it.
I am all for mixing it up, but there should be an actual mix.
With 90% of students, it is no longer mixing it up.
So my daughter has to integrate the other kids' culture
instead of the reverse.
And it bothers me because I believe in my country's values.
And I want all of us to share them, with no exception.
-One thing that needs revamping is the school district map
for the parents who cannot afford to send their kids where they want to.
-Regarding the school districts,
I live in the 5th arrondissement and we have really good high schools.
So the social mix is not great.
My children's friends all come more or less from the same background.
-People complain about young people loitering in suburbs,
but not much is offered to them, nobody is helping them.
Suburbs are not just filled with unmotivated and untrained people.
-It is hard for a young person who went to college
to be hired based on their résumé.
I think Aubervilliers should work on that with the companies
to give hope to the young people.
What is important is the person's worth and involvement in the company.
-Young people should be able to be a part of the social life.
There is not enough dialogue between the administration and young people.
They feel abandoned by the authorities and not integrated.
-I have older close friends who went to college
and who, unfortunately, now have unskilled jobs
because they could not find an employer who trusted them.
Having a network makes the difference.
-I think we should shine the spotlight on people from the town who made it.
Who made it from Malakoff? Who are they? What did they do?
It could also foster trust in the town.
These people made their own success but with some help from the town.
-I live by the Canal de l'Ourcq,
where infrastructure are being built and companies are setting up.
But the people who work there look like they are from Paris, not Pantin.
If you are setting up companies or infrastructure which create jobs,
it should be to the benefit of young people from Aubervilliers, Saint-Denis,
not of Parisian people. We went to college, too.
-A lot of young people are saying that, because they live in the suburbs,
they are going to be discriminated against, and they are.
But people are trying to make things better.
If you feel like a victim, you will be victimized.
-All the prejudice against young people from housing projects.
They think we are doomed to fail.
Young people have to prove them wrong and be ambitious.
-If we do what we have to, we can do whatever we want.
If you are from Seine-Saint-Denis or from Paris,
you got the same high school diploma.
I know people from Bobigny who went to Sciences Po. It is possible.
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