Day: October 15, 2010

Peter Gumbel's new book

“On achève bien les écoliers” (Grasset)   Back in 2002, we moved to Paris from Los Angeles, in part because we wanted our children to have a great European education. French schools, with their high academic standards, seemed to offer just that, at least from a distance.   It didn’t take long to discover that the reality of school here is far removed from the magnificent ideal of a great…