La Bressola

The schools practice a so-called "active pedagogy" and maintain a comparable level to its French-language counterparts.

The administration's relations with the association, which since 1982 has tried to obtain government subsidies, have been difficult because of pressures for the introduction of bilingualism in equal parts.

In 1981, a split led to the creation of the association Arrels, directed by Laura Manaut and Pere Manzanares.

In March 2007, the players of FC Barcelona, Lilian Thuram and Oleguer Presas participated in the reading of a manifesto in defense of the Catalan language and of these schools at a ceremony in Perpignan.

The manifesto has been further supported by club president Joan Laporta, the coach of the France national football team Raymond Domenech, and the singers Manu Chao, Cali, the group Zebda, and I Muvrini.