Based on a new call for papers, this issues (200 and 201) consist of articles by scholars and contributions from stakeholders from a range of backgrounds (experts, policy makers, activists etc.). The articles cover a wide variety of domestic and institutional situations including

The reader will find analyses, reflection and testimonials on the complex and "intermittent" relationships between the worlds of research and political decision-making at both national and local.

This special issue focuses on parent-teachers supervising their children's schooling. The four articles featured provide complementary perspectives of these parental practices.

Since its introduction in France by the Ferry Act of March 28, 1882, compulsory education may be provided at home, rather than in public or private schools.The studies compiled in this issue provide guidelines for addressing this little-known phenomenon, which, given its statistical evolution ,is likely to develop further.