Ndikosatheka kukokomeza kufunikira kwadziko lonse pakulimbana kwa aphunzitsi ku Chicago. Ngati bungwe la aphunzitsi ku Chicago - mamembala 26,000 amphamvu - atanyanyala ntchito, nkhani zandale zambiri zotsutsa koma zosanyalanyazidwa zidzawonekera m'dziko lonselo, kuwonetsa kuipa komwe andale ambiri ndi atsogoleri a ntchito angafune kunyalanyazidwa mpaka chisankho cha pulezidenti chitatha.
Kunyanyala kotereku kungathenso kutsitsimutsa mabungwe ogwira ntchito ku US powawonetsa njira yopulumutsira malipiro osatha ndi mapindu ofunidwa ndi owalemba ntchito wamba komanso aboma. M'malo mwake, aphunzitsi aku Chicago ali ndi mwayi wokhala nkhondo yofunika kwambiri pantchito zaka makumi ambiri, kutengera nthawi, ndale, komanso kufunikira kwankhondo yawo.
Mabungwe ogwira ntchito ku US ali pankhondo ya moyo wawo, makamaka m'magulu aboma, komwe moyo wawo umakhala wopanda pake. Kusokonekera kwa bajeti ya mizinda, chigawo, ndi feduro - makamaka chifukwa cha misonkho yambiri yamabizinesi ndi olemera - akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zifukwa zowukira malipiro ndi zopindulitsa za ogwira ntchito m'boma, kufooketsa mabungwe awo mpaka "kuthetsa mgwirizano wapagulu. "zikukhala zotulukapo mwachangu.
Aphunzitsi ndi gawo lamphamvu kwambiri la ogwira ntchito m'boma, kutengera kuchuluka kwawo, mgwirizano, ndi maubwenzi ndi anthu ammudzi. Chifukwa chake, aphunzitsi amayang'aniridwa mwachindunji kudzera pakuchepetsa bajeti komanso mfundo ya Obama ya "Race to the Top" Education, yomwe imadzudzula "aphunzitsi oyipa" (ndi mabungwe omwe amawateteza) chifukwa cha kusachita bwino kwa ophunzira, kwinaku akunyalanyaza zowonetseratu zaumphawi ndi umphawi. kubwezeredwa kosalekeza kwa maphunziro a anthu.
Ndondomeko za maphunziro a Purezidenti Obama ndi a Democrats adzayimbidwa mlandu ngati kumenyedwa kukuchitika, popeza aphunzitsi aku Chicago akulimbana ndi Meya wa Democratic - Mtsogoleri wakale wa Obama Rahm Emanuel - yemwe akukwaniritsa mwachangu zomwe Democrat imatchedwa " Kusintha kwamaphunziro kwa Race to the Topโ โ pulogalamu yamaphunziro yomwe cholinga chake ndi kubisa maphunziro a anthu wamba ndikudula mitu ya aphunzitsi.
Mpikisano wopita Pamwamba ukakamiza mayiko omwe ali ndi njala yandalama kupikisana ndi ndalama zokwana $4 biliyoni za feduro. Opambana ndi mayiko omwe amadzivulaza kwambiri pochotsa aphunzitsi "oyipa" ndikutseka masukulu "olephera". Obama akukwaniritsa zambiri mu kampeni imodzi kuposa momwe gulu lamanja lodana ndi maphunziro a anthu lachita zaka zambiri.
Race to the Top ikulimbikitsa kutsekedwa kwa masukulu aboma oyandikana nawo ndikutsegula masukulu onse abizinesi akumatauni, komwe olemera azikhala ndi mwayi wopeza zinthu zonse zoperekedwa m'masukulu aboma pomwe osauka azisungidwa m'malo ovuta kusowa - popanda masewera ndi masewera. zochitika zina zakunja, palibe zaluso kapena nyimbo, palibe upangiri kapena ntchito zamaganizidwe, ndi zina. Obama's Race to the Top akuwona maphunziro "kusintha" kuwonetsa malingaliro a msika waulere, pomwe mautumiki omwe kale ankawoneka kuti ndi ofunikira tsopano akugulitsidwa ngati katundu kwa omwe angakwanitse. iwo.
Webusayiti ya Chicago Teachers Union idakambirana za kuthekera kwa sitiraka ndikufotokozeranso zomwe zingachitike m'dziko. Kupatula pa zofuna zambiri za malipiro awo ndi zopindula, "aphunzitsi akuda nkhawa ndi ndondomeko ya Bungwe lotseka masukulu oyandikana nawo a 100 ndikupanga chigawo cha sukulu ya theka-hafu."
Purezidenti wa Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis akufotokoza kuti:
"Nthawi zonse ophunzira athu akachita bwino pamayeso, [Chicago Public School] imakweza mipiringidzo, imawauza kuti ndi olephera ndipo amaimba mlandu aphunzitsi awo. Tsopano akufuna kubisa maphunziro a anthu ndi kusokonezanso madera athu. Tawonapo nyumba za anthu zitatsekedwa, zipatala zaboma, malaibulale aboma komanso masukulu aboma. Pali kuwukiridwa kwa mabungwe aboma, ambiri mwa iwo omwe amatumikira mabanja opeza ndalama zochepa komanso ogwira ntchito.
Lewis wapanga molondola kulumikizana komwe kumayambitsa kuukira kwa aphunzitsi ndi kuwukira kwadziko lonse kwa anthu ogwira ntchito kukhala gawo lalikulu la kampeni ya aphunzitsi aku Chicago.
Kumbuyo kwa nkhondo ya Democrat ndi Republican pa "aphunzitsi oipa" ndi nkhondo yolimbana ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito. Zikuwoneka kuti yankho lokhalo lomwe likuperekedwa kwa vuto lotchedwa "mphunzitsi woipa" ndilo kufooketsa migwirizano yonse: a Democrats akufuna kuti aphunzitsi aziwombera mosavuta ndikuwapangitsa kuti azigwira ntchito "malipiro oyenera," ziphe ziwiri za anthu ogwira ntchito.
Migwirizano ndi yolimba chifukwa mamembala ndi ogwirizana. Izi zimachitidwa, mwa zina, mwa kukweza malipiro kukhala ofanana, kuletsa kusankhana ndi olemba ntchito kugawanitsa mgwirizano. Mabungwe amakhulupilira kuti mamembala onse omwe angathe kugwira ntchitoyi akuyenera kukwezedwa malipiro potengera zomwe adakumana nazo pantchitoyo. Malipiro a Merit ndi chida chamanja chomwe chimayendetsedwa ndi mfundo yoyambira iyi ya mgwirizano, kuletsa aphunzitsi ambiri kuti asamalandire malipiro aliwonse pomwe akugawaniza malo ogwirira ntchito popereka malipiro kwa iwo omwe sali otanganidwa kwambiri mu mgwirizano ndikuwakaniza kwa aphunzitsi omwe ndi othandizira mgwirizano wamphamvu komanso amatsutsa kasamalidwe.
Kumbuyo kwa chikhumbo cha Democrat chofuna "kuwotcha aphunzitsi oyipa" ndikuwukira kwambiri migwirizano. Mabungwe ogwira ntchito sangakhalepo ngati gulu lomenyera nkhondo kuti ateteze umembala popanda ufulu wa akuluakulu, omwe amateteza ogwira ntchito okalamba omwe ali ndi malipiro apamwamba ndi ochepa kuti asawonongeke ndi kuchotsedwa ntchito, komanso amateteza ogwira ntchito zamagulu. Ngati wogwira ntchito atha kuthamangitsa wogwira ntchito mosavuta, nthawi zonse amakhala wogwira ntchito wamkulu kapena "woyambitsa zovuta" wolimbikitsa mgwirizano.
Mabungwe a aphunzitsi akudziwa za ziwopsezo izi zokhudzana ndi migwirizano; akhala akumenyana ndi a Republican kwa zaka zambiri omwe akhala akuyesera kuwatsatira. Koma tsopano a Democrats atengera mfundo zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano wa a Republican, ndipo mabungwe ambiri a aphunzitsi apuwala chifukwa cha izi.
Ngakhale mabungwe am'dziko la aphunzitsi anena kuti akuthandiza aphunzitsi aku Chicago, akuchitiranso kampeni Purezidenti Obama, yemwe ndi woyambitsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi mgwirizanowu yomwe ikufuna kuphwanya aphunzitsi aku Chicago. Chinyengo chodziwika bwino ichi ndi chifukwa chimodzi chokha chomwe aphunzitsi aku Chicago adzayenera kugwedeza gulu la ogwira ntchito.
Atsogoleri a mabungwe a mabungwe alephera kupereka masomphenya olimbikitsa kayendetsedwe ka ntchito. Ubwenzi wazaka makumi ambiri ndi ma Democrats wawonongeka pomwe ma Democrat atengera malingaliro akale a Republican ku mabungwe: Olamulira a demokalase m'dziko lonselo aukira mabungwe ogwira ntchito zaboma mogwirizana ndi mfundo za Obama zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano wa Race to the Top maphunziro mfundo. Chifukwa chakuti mabungwe ndi amphamvu kwambiri m'magulu a anthu, ndondomekozi zikufanana ndi kuchotsedwa kwadongosolo kwa kayendetsedwe ka ntchito.
M'malo momenya nkhondo yosalekeza yolimbana ndi ziwonetsero zolimbikitsidwa ndi a Democrat izi, mabungwe ambiri apanga zololeza zazikulu monga malipiro ndi mapindu, motero kufooketsa chidaliro chomwe mamembala awo ali nacho mu mgwirizano wawo. Atsogoleri ambiri amabungwe asankha kuti asakambirane za chiwembu choopsachi chifukwa chikuchokera ku a Democrats. Aphunzitsi aku Chicago akuti "palibenso," ndikuwulula ma Democrat pakuchita izi.
Ngati kumenyedwa kukuchitika ndikukhala gulu lamphamvu, loyimitsa mzinda ngati Wisconsin isanachitike, zisankho zapulezidenti za Novembala zidzakhala ndi tanthauzo latsopano. Ma Democrat ndi ma Republican onse adzakakamizika kusankha mbali: onse adzasankha motsutsana ndi aphunzitsi.
Zidzakhala zomveka kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri kuti a Democrats ndi Republican amagawana malingaliro ofanana pa maphunziro a anthu ndi mabungwe ogwira ntchito - onse akufuna kuti awonongeke.
Chofunika koposa, mabungwe omwe akuwononga ndalama za mamembala awo powapereka ku kampeni ya Obama akuyenera kusankhanso mbali; mwachiyembekezo ambiri a iwo atenga kaye kaye ku banki ya foni ndi kugogoda pakhomo kuti Obama achite misonkhano yachigwirizano ku Chicago m'mizinda yawo kuti apereke mphamvu zowonjezera pakulimbana.
Pamapeto pake, kulimbana kwa aphunzitsi aku Chicago kudzakhala chitsanzo champhamvu kudziko lonse. Ngati aphunzitsi apambana pankhondo zankhondo, mabungwe kulikonse adzalimbikitsidwa kutengera njira zawo ndikukonzekera madera awo ndi mamembala onse kuti akwaniritse zolinga zofanana, kumenyana manja. Komabe, ngati mgwirizano walephera, mbali yotsutsanayo idzalimbikitsidwa ndi ndalama za ogwira ntchito, ndipo kutsika kwa anthu ogwira ntchito kumapitirira, kutsitsa malipiro ndi mapindu a omwe si a mgwirizano pa ndondomekoyi.
Phunziro limodzi lofunika kwambiri pa chokumana nachochi nlakuti mabungwe ogwira ntchito angasinthidwe mofulumira. Kagulu kakang'ono ka omenyera ufulu wa mgwirizano mkati mwa bungwe la aphunzitsi ku Chicago - Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) - adakonzedwa kuti apange mgwirizano wawo wolimba, ndipo adasankhidwa ndi mamembala kuti azitsogolera mgwirizanowu. M'zaka zingapo CORE yasintha mgwirizano kukhala gulu lolimba, lomenyera nkhondo, lotha kuteteza malipiro a mamembala ake ndi masukulu ammudzi. Mgwirizanowu wafika kwa anthu ammudzi ndikulongosola zoopsa zomwe zimachitika m'masukulu obwereketsa kuti alowetse anthu kunkhondo. Izi zayala maziko olimbikitsa anthu ammudzi kutenga nawo mbali pamizere ya picket ndi misonkhano ikuluikulu yothandizira kuti aphunzitsi asakhale paokha koma akhale ndi chithandizo chodziwikiratu cha anthu. Anthu ambiri ogwira ntchito mwadongosolo aona kusinthaku kukuchitika ndipo akuphunzirapo kanthu. Aphunzitsi aku Chicago akuphunzitsa gulu lonse la ogwira ntchito pa tanthauzo lenileni la mgwirizano.
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