Authorities began shutting schools last week in a bid to take some steam out of the demonstrations that began at a high school in the Paris region in mid-September and have grown into a nationwide movement.

Authorities began shutting schools last week in a bid to take some steam out of the demonstrations that began at a high school in the Paris region in mid-September and have grown into a nationwide movement. ↧ France shuts down nearly 900 schools as violent education protests ... A 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.