If you want to judge the book from a wider perspective, try this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sixty-Million-Frenchmen-Cant-Wrong/dp/1402200455

A balanced peek at French vs. US education can be read by "looking inside" and searching for "Chabert" (first few pages of chapter 13). If you are interested in education and the school system, read on and/or skip to p.183 (or search for "dutifully").