Kuna son suna da dalilai na masu gyara makarantun gwamnati? Karanta Tarihi na Echoes: Wanene Wanene a cikin Ƙarfafa Ilimin Amirka ta Mercedes K. Schneider (Bayanin Shekarun Bugawa, Inc., 2014).
Marubucin yana da fata a cikin wannan wasan. Ita malamar makaranta ce ta adawa da cin galaba a kan ilimin jama'a na tushen al'umma. Schneider ya buɗe da wani babi a kan Joel Klein, tsohon shugaban Sashen Ilimi na birnin New York, yanzu a kan biyan albashi na Rupert Murdoch, wani hamshakin attajirin watsa labarai. A zamanin da ake samun karuwar rashin daidaiton kudaden shiga, irin wadannan ’yan kasuwa da masu kawo sauyi bangare biyu ne na tsabar kudi, a cewar Schneider.
Shaidar ta na wannan ikirari na da ban sha'awa. Abubuwan da ke faruwa suna sanyi.
Klein ba tsohon malami ba ne. A agogon hannunsa, manyan makarantun jama'a na Big Apple sun faɗo kan gyare-gyaren da ke amfanar masu zaman kansu, yanayin da ke gudanar da jajayen layi a cikin littafin ɓarna na Schneider.
Ta na bin salon kalaman masu son gyara da kuma ayyukan da ake samu na riba ba tare da karewa ba. Ba a horar da shi a matsayin ɗan jarida mai bincike ba, Schneider ya haskaka haske mai haske a kan tsarin da aka samu na yaudara da rashin fahimta wanda shine sake fasalin ilimin jama'a a yau.
Abin da ke haifar da nasarar ƴan gyara ba gaskiya ba ne amma ɗimbin kora daga buƙatun masu hannu da shuni. Schneider yana bin waɗannan daloli waɗanda ke siyan tasirin siyasa, tare da shafuka 88 na Ƙarshen Bayanan.
Kira wannan yakin ajin. Kuma a cewar hamshakin attajiri Warren Buffet, ajin sa na samun nasara. Tallafin wannan rikici sune masu ba da agaji Bill da Melinda Gates, Eli da Edythe Broad, da gidauniyar Walton Family. Suna tallafawa 'yan majalisar dokoki na Democrat da GOP, tankuna masu tunani (Cibiyar Fordham) da kungiyoyin bayar da shawarwari (Majalisar Kasa kan Ingancin Malamai), jerin sassan masu karɓa.
Waɗannan masu ba da kuɗaɗen biloniya uku buƙatu ne masu ƙarfi. A cikin al'ummar jari hujja, suna da dala don samun abin da suke so kuma suna son abin da suka samu.
A cikin NYC, Eva Moskowitz, ta ba da kuɗin kuɗi daga masu ba da kuɗaɗen Wall Street da masu biyan haraji don faɗaɗa ikon mallakar ikon mallakar makarantar bogi. Bayar da makarantu da ba da kuɗi na tattalin arziƙi, yayin da Moskowitz, tsohon farfesa, ya buƙaci kuma yana samun taimakon gwamnati. Wendy Kopp ta kafa Teach for America, hukumar kwantar da tarzoma wacce ke baiwa malamai horo na makonni biyar don jajircewar aji na shekaru biyu. Kamar Mista Klein, Kopp ba ta da ƙwarewar koyarwa a aji, amma tana haɓaka nau'ikan kasuwancinta na sake fasalin makaranta, yayin da take karɓar dubun-dubatar miliyoyin kuɗi daga masu biyan haraji da Gidauniyar Walton Family Foundation, ƙungiyar taimakon jama'a ta masu Walmart Inc. ., babban dillali na duniya wanda ma'aikatansa suka dogara da taimakon jama'a don tsira.
Schneider ya yi fatali da masanin tattalin arziki Erik Hanushek, wanda ke goyan bayan manufar garambawul na tallafin kudi ga shuwagabannin makarantu da malamai don kara maki maki a kan jarrabawar nasara. Ya ɗauka irin waɗannan ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararru ne waɗanda ke auna ayyukan aikinsu bisa ƙimar riba.
Ma'anar "ma'auni" ga ɗalibai da malamai bisa ga ƙima a kan jarrabawar nasara na ɗalibai shine Mai Tsarki Grail na masu gyara ilimi irin su Michelle Rhee, wadda Schneider ta yanka kuma ta yanke saboda rawar da ta taka wajen lalata ilimin jama'a, na farko a Washington, DC. , sannan a duk faɗin ƙasar a matsayin shugaban StudentsFirst, ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari da ta dogara ga masu ba da gudummawar kamfanoni. A matsayin malamin aji wanda ke yin rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo akai-akai kan al'amurran da suka shafi sauye-sauyen ilimi, bacin ran Schneider game da manufofin kamfanoni masu zaman kansu na samun riba na canza makarantun gwamnati yana nunawa a babi kan abin da ya faru a Chicago karkashin Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan da Rahm Emanuel. Su ukun ba su da shaidar koyarwa da ƙwarewar aji. A cikin al'adar son zuciya da ka'idar sake fasalin makarantun jama'a, gazawar tagwayen masu gyara na Chicago sun zama cancanta don wargaza al'ummomi tare da sihirin sihirtaccen ilimi ta hanyar ingantattun gwaje-gwaje da makarantun shata.
Vallas yana taimakawa wajen tabarbare makarantun jama'a a Philadelphia da New Orleans. A halin yanzu, yana karɓar ramuwa mai raɗaɗi.
David Coleman, maginin Tsarin Tsarin Jiha na Common Core, ba malami bane. Kamfaninsa, Student Achievement Partners, ya tsara tare da haɓaka CCSS tare da Ƙungiyar Gwamnonin Ƙasa da Majalisar Manyan Jami'an Makarantun Jiha, Schneider ya rubuta. Ta yi bayani dalla-dalla irin wannan tsarin da aka fi so na masu gyara ba tare da gogewar koyarwa a aji ba, manufar ribarsu da sa hannun gwamnatin tarayya. A cikin shari'ar Coleman, jihohin da suka karɓi CCSS suna karɓar kuɗi daga Race Zuwa Top (Majiji ga Dokar Ba'a Bar Bakin Ƙaƙƙarfan Gwaje-gwaje masu girma da tsauraran hukunci).
Ba a gwada CCSS, ko gwadawa. Malaman azuzuwa ba su da hannu wajen ingiza CCSS, kuma “shaidarsa” don inganta koyon ɗalibai abin al’ajabi ne, ba kamar dalar da Gidauniyar Gates ta raba wa jam’iyyun siyasa biyu, masu tunani da kuma Ƙungiyar Malamai ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Ƙasa ba. Wannan yana yin tasiri-ta lalata hanyar da aka saba: siyan ta. Kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun sun rasa wannan labarin wanda Schneider ya ba da labari a takaice. A cikin babin ta na ƙarshe, ta buɗe fakitin sake fasalin ilimi daga Majalisar Musanya Dokokin Amurka. ALEC tabbaci ne na rayuwar kamfanoni na Amurka ta hanyar zaɓaɓɓun 'yan majalisa, akasin abin da ake kira "kasuwa mai 'yanci."
Anan, Ina da ƙaramin ƙulli tare da Schneider. ALEC ta bayyana kanta a matsayin mai ra'ayin mazan jiya don "gujewa ka'idojin gwamnati na ayyukan kamfanoni ta yadda abin da kudin jama'a zai iya zama ribar kamfanoni," in ji ta.
Abin da ake kira siyasa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya yana tsara tsarin gwamnati don haɓaka layin ƙasa. A al'amarin ALEC, rashin amincewa da manufofinta na CCSS ya ƙare lokacin da Rupert Murdoch ya tsaya don cin riba daga ƙa'idodin ƙasa don kimantawa da tattara bayanai. Bi kuɗin. Kalli tarin jari yana lalata ilimin jama'a. Wannan ba kimiyyar roka ba ce, jama'a. Wannan shine Amurkawa mafi arziƙin da suka mamaye tsarin ilimin mu don yin layi a aljihunsu. Gaba ɗaya, Schneider ta cimma burinta na faɗaɗa tattaunawa ta ƙasa kan masu gyara makarantun gwamnati. Hers labari ne mai cike da gaskiya ga Amurkawa cikin bacin rai game da harin 'yan kasuwa kan ilimin jama'a.
Seth Sandronsky ɗan jarida ne na Sacramento kuma memba na ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu ta Pacific Media Workers Guild. Imel: [email kariya]