This book offers a collective reflection by historians, archivists, economists and specialists in Education science on how decisions were made and implemented in the field of education since the 15th century.

Explain and contextualise the evolving difficulties of teachers in France (19^th-21^st centuries).

The history of the colleges of Ancien Régime is known today well enough. But that do we know ambitions and logic of the parents who send their children to college? What do we know from the point of view of the children?

The historical analysis of the case files for both male and female primary school teachers who started their careers in the Seine district between 1870 and 1886 shows a much more diverse picture of the teaching profession than the one conveyed by the clichés of that time.

Between 1914 and 1918, the Nord and Pas-de-Calais geographical areas met numerous difficulties. About 70% of the Nord and 25% of the Pas-de-Calais had to face a strong German occupation. On the west part of the front line, the territory became a strategic place for the allied armies, landing on Calais, Boulogne and Dunkerque. With such terrible...

The history of Popular Education (Non Formal Education) has aroused research work for thirty years but yet no review of this work has been published. 28 contributions dealing with France, other European countries and Quebec focus on the complex relationship to school, gender and the political dimension of Popular Education.

High school principals in the 19th century (1802-1914): managing a school, serving the State, and training youth.

Georges Lyon, the regional Chief Education Officer, facing the German invasion, decided in 1914 to remain committed to supporting school and university structures belonging to the occupied part of the Lille region in order to keep them alive. During the War, he wrote his Memoirs which can be considered as a precious testimony to better understand..