Thousands of French students marched and clashed with police for a second day, protesting overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and police violence against high schoolers. Demonstrations, which began more than two weeks ago, have forced hundreds of schools to close and are expected to grow. Protesters, including law student Thomas Droit, cited concerns about frozen housing benefits and higher fees for foreign students, calling the movement a "convergence of struggles." At the Place de la Bastille in Paris, crowds chanted "justice nowhere, police everywhere" and demanded President Macron resign.
Police responded with tear gas after protesters threw objects. Education Minister Édouard Geffray met with student representatives and pledged 3,000 substitute teachers to address shortages, but students remain frustrated over the delayed education budget announcement on Nov. 12.
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