Protesters gathered at Paris’s Place de la République, on October 6th. (Credit: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt) What began as a protest over empty teaching posts and crumbling classrooms has grown into one of France’s most serious bouts of unrest in years, with students, parents and unions now demanding action on school funding and the cost of living. The movement started in mid-September at a high school in the Paris region, where students, teachers and parents complained about un