Sabuwar shugabar kungiyar malamai ta Massachusetts mai mambobi 110,000 a fadin jihar ta sanya sunanta ta jagoranci kauracewa jarrabawar da aka yi.
Ta yi kira da a dakatar da jarabawar na tsawon shekaru uku, ma'ana jarrabawar da ke dauke da sakamako ga dalibai, malamai, da makarantu.
Barbara Madeloni ta kasance tana gudanar da shirin koyar da malamai a Jami'ar Massachusetts a shekarar 2012 lokacin da ta jagoranci malamanta na dalibai don kauracewa gwajin ma'auni na gwaji don horar da malamai. Masu kauracewa taron sun yi adawa da fitar da kimar malamai zuwa ga ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun malamai na Pearson, inda suka gwammace cewa ƙwararrun malamai su lura da malaman ɗalibai.
An zabi Madeloni da kuri’ar wakilai 681 zuwa 584 a taron kungiyar malamai ta Massachusetts ranar 10 ga Mayu. MTA ya haɗa da malamai 100,000 K-12 da jami'ar 10,000 na Jami'ar Massachusetts da ma'aikata.
Madeloni ya yi takara tare da Malamai na kungiyar Democratic Union caucus, inda ya yi kamfen kan alkawarin shigar da malamai a yakin da ake yi da daliban da suka wuce gona da iri. Ta ce ba daidai ba ne ake danganta makomar malamai da makarantu da jarabawar.
Malam Holyoke Gus Morales, wanda shi ne wakili na farko, ya zo babban taron don kada kuri'a ga Madeloni da goyon bayan ajandar EDU.
"Daga lokacin da muka isa wurin da safiyar Juma'a, jin yana can," in ji shi. "Yana da wutar lantarki."
Aiki tare da Madeloni da EDU, kwanan nan Morales ya lashe zaben shugabancin kungiyar ga gundumarsa. A shekarar da ta gabata ya kawo malamai goma sha biyu daga makarantar sakandaren sa don su ji magana Madeloni. A lokacin ya san ta da mutuncinta na tsayawa Pearson.
"A cikin garin da ke fama da talauci, ta yaya za mu kashe ƙarin kuɗi a kan gwaji?" Morales ya tambaya, yana kwatanta gundumarsa. "Dalibanmu da malamanmu suna shan wahala a yanzu, kuma babu wanda ya damu."
Ya gwammace ya ga an karkatar da waɗancan kuɗaɗen zuwa ɗaukar ƙarin malamai da ƙara ƙarami.
LA, KUMA
Malaman Los Angeles kuma kwanan nan sun kada kuri'a a cikin wani sabon shugabanni wanda ke da burin sake yin garambawul ga tsarin ilimi na kamfanoni. Alex Caputo-Pearl ya lashe zaben shugaban kasar ne a zagaye na biyu na zaben da aka gudanar a watan Afrilu, bayan da aka zabi sauran jam'iyyar Union Power a watan Maris, inda ya lashe zaben shugabancin kungiyar.
Amma a Seattle, a kuri'u 1,342 zuwa 1,297 da aka kidaya a ranar 8 ga Mayu, malamin makarantar sakandare Jesse Hagopian ya sha kaye a zaben shugaban kasa. Hagopian ya jagoranci a daidaitaccen kauracewa gwaji a Garfield High bara wanda ya haifar da goyon bayan kasa daga malamai da kuma, daga karshe, daga kungiyoyin malamai na kasa baki daya.
Kungiyar Hagopian, masu koyar da daidaiton zamantakewa, sun sami nasarar kujeru biyar daga cikin kujerun zartarwa tara. Dan takarar ma'ajin ta, Dan Troccoli, yana cikin zagaye na biyu na zaben.
Dukkanin jagororin uku sun yi yakin neman zabe tare da hangen nesa mai kama da na CORE Caucus wanda ya lashe ofis a kungiyar malamai ta Chicago a 2010. Sun sha alwashin yin gwagwarmaya don ingantattun makarantu da aiki tare da iyaye da kungiyoyin al'umma ban da kare fa'ida da amincin aiki-da kuma tara membobin a maimakon dogaro da tattaunawar sirri.
Massachusetts, Seattle, da malamai na LA suna cikin ɗari da suka taru a wani taron malamai CORE ya karbi bakuncin watan Agustan da ya gabata. Sun sake haduwa a wurin Taron Bayanan Ma'aikata a watan Afrilu. Maudu'in: dabarun dakile bala'in hare-hare a makarantun gwamnati, gami da rufe makarantu, sallamar jama'a, rage fensho, da inganta ingantaccen gwaji.
Nuna adawa da jarabawa yana karuwa a cikin ƙasa, tare da iyaye, ɗalibai, da malamai suna shirya kamfen na ficewa. Malamai sun kauracewa daidaitattun gwaje-gwaje a Kwalejin Saucedo ta Chicago a watan Fabrairu da kuma a Makarantar Sakandare ta Duniya ta Brooklyn a Prospect Heights a watan Mayu.
Tsarin tsarin gama-gari na gama gari wanda gwamnatin tarayya ta kirkira shima yana jawo fushi. A cikin wani kuduri na ranar 7 ga Mayu kungiyar malamai ta Chicago ta sha alwashin yin katsalandan a kan Common Core, wanda jihohi ke aiwatarwa. Suna jayayya yana ƙara mai da hankali kan gwaji kuma yana ba ƙungiyoyin ilimi don riba, maimakon malaman aji, ikon tantance abin da makarantu ke koyarwa.
Ƙungiyar Malamai ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Ƙasa sun kasance masu goyan bayan ƙa'idodin gama gari. Kwanan nan ne suka fara daga jajayen tutoci, a yanzu da aiwatar da shi ya nuna rashin amincewa da malamai da dama. Madeloni kuma ya yi kakkausar suka akan Common Core.
KUNGIYAR KWANA
Ko da yake masu fafutuka na malaman EDU suna da kwarin gwiwa game da fitowar masu jefa ƙuri'a, amma ga mutane da yawa, nasarar Madeloni ta kasance abin mamaki. Ta doke mataimakin shugaban kasa na MTA mai ci—aiki da ya kasance wani mataki na tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa.
Masu fafutuka na EDU sun danganta nasarar da suka samu ga watannin da suka yi na daukar sabbin malamai a cikin kwamitinsu. Sun samu labarin dan takararsu a yakin neman zabe na watanni takwas, inda suka ziyarci malamai 80 daga cikin 400 na yankin Massachusetts.
Kafin taron na MTA dai an samu fitowar jama'a da dama, don haka kungiyar ta yunkuro don kawo sabbin wakilai a taron na bana domin kada kuri'a ga Madeloni.
Yawancin malaman Massachusetts sun ji kone daga ƙungiyarsu a cikin 2012, bayan da jami'an MTA suka yi shawarwari da 'yan majalisa da ƙungiyar masu goyon bayan kasuwanci ta Stand for Children. raunana hakkin manyan malamai. Ƙungiyoyin sun fi ƙarfin tsaro: sasantawa zai rage mummunan rauni na harin da aka yi wa ma'aikatan gwamnati irin na Wisconsin.
A taron na MTA na wannan shekarar, kashi 45 na wakilai sun kada kuri'ar kin amincewa da yarjejeniyar. Bayan da aka amince da shi, ‘yan kungiyar EDU da suka fusata sun gayyaci malamai domin su shirya gangamin adawa da halin da ake ciki. Sun tashi a Chicago malamai masu fafutuka don rabawa ra'ayoyi daga tsarin su.
Lokacin da Madeloni yayi magana da wakilai kafin zaben shugaban kasa, ta tunatar da su game da yarjejeniyar 2012. "Wannan shi ne abin da muke samu lokacin da muke tunanin mulki yana cikin damar shiga fagen siyasa, wajen yin magana da su, maimakon tattara membobinmu," in ji ta.
"Lokacin da Stand for Children ya dawo don faɗa na gaba, ko kuma abokan siyasa sun zo bayan fansho, muna so mu sake yanke yarjejeniyar cikin gida kuma mu sake bayyana, 'zai iya zama mafi muni?'"
Wakilan taron sun kuma zartar da kudurori na EDU da dama, ciki har da adawa da manyan gwaje-gwaje da makarantu (inda aka kori dukkan ma'aikata), shiga fadace-fadacen albashi, da kuma yin kira ga karin ilimin harsuna biyu.
"Muna buƙatar sabon shugabanci tare da gogewa ba tare da abubuwa kamar yadda suke ba," in ji Madeloni, "amma da abubuwa kamar yadda suke."
Samantha Winslow marubuci ne kuma mai tsara aiki tare da Bayanan Labour.[email kariya]