About 250 thousand demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, with unions and teachers joining high school students demanding better learning conditions, according to France 24.

Protests with student walkouts spread across the country and closed schools amid public discontent, according to The Washington Post. A French policeman was charged with violence after firing a tear gas grenade at close range at a 14-year-old student during last week’s protests, according to France 24.