Ndani amawopa mawu a mphunzitsi? Zokonzekera mgwirizano m'masukulu opangira ma charter?
Osati ongokayikira mwachizolowezi pa zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano, zotsutsana ndi aphunzitsi, zotsutsana ndi maphunziro a anthu kumanja. Zochitika zaposachedwa ku New York City zikupereka umboni wosatsutsika wakuti dipatimenti yowona zamaphunziro ku NYC ya Chancellor Joel Klein ndi Meya Mike Bloomberg ndi osewera komanso kutenga nawo mbali pa 'msasa wamantha' uwu - komanso mwanjira zomwe, osachepera, akuseweretsa. m'mphepete mwa Charter Law ya New York State, yomwe imaletsa mosapita m'mbali kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama za boma kutsutsa zoyesayesa za aphunzitsi asukulu za charter kuti akonzekere ndikukambirana pamodzi.
Nkhani yathu ikuyamba Lolemba lapitali pa Novembara 9, pamsonkhano womwe unachitikira ku New York City's Harvard Club komwe kunali mlembi wakale wa maphunziro a Bush a Rod Paige ngati wokamba nkhani pa nkhomaliro. Kumeneko ndi kumene wokonza msonkhano, a Atlantic Legal Foundation, anayambitsa zake "Pulogalamu Yophunzitsa Maphunziro a Sukulu." Gawo lotsegulirali linali ndi mutu wakuti โKuwongolera Malo Osewerera: Zomwe Atsogoleri a Sukulu ya New York Charter Ayenera Kudziwa Zokhudza Kukonzekera Mgwirizano." Izi zidawonetsa 'kutuluka' kwa akatswiri a "kupewa migwirizano" ndi mabungwe ophwanya malamulo ku New York State Charter School.
ATLANTIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Kodi Atlantic Legal Foundation [ALF] ndi chiyani? M'mawu ake omwe, ALF imalimbikitsa "boma lochepa, logwira ntchito, mabizinesi aulere, ufulu wamunthu, kusankha kusukulu ndi sayansi yomveka m'khothi." Ndilo bungwe lazamalamulo la mabungwe omwe amatsutsana kwambiri ndi mgwirizano komanso magulu ogwirizana nawo omwe ali kumanja. Kuphatikiza pa ntchito yake m'munda wamasukulu opangira ma charter, ALF yakhala ndi gawo lodziwika bwino poteteza makampani akuluakulu amafuta ndi mafuta kumilandu yazaumoyo ndi chitetezo cha ogwira ntchito, polimbikitsa ufulu wamakampani kuti agwire ntchito "mwakufuna", momwe ogwira ntchito atha kukhala. kulembedwa ntchito ndi kuchotsedwa ntchito popanda njira ina iliyonse, komanso motsutsa kuvomereza.
ALF yalandira ndalama zake kuchokera ku Sarah Scaife Foundation, ndi Lynde ndi Harry Bradley Foundation, Jacquelin Hume Foundation, Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation, the FM Kirby Foundation, ndi John M. Olin Foundation, ndi Phillip M. McKenna Foundation. Maziko a Bradley, Hume, Kirby ndi Olin ndi othandizira akuluakulu a anti-union National Right-to-Work Foundation. McKenna Foundation ndi wothandizira wamkulu wa Pennsylvania Ufulu Wogwira Ntchito bungwe. Maziko a Scaife ndi Lambe amapereka chithandizo kuzinthu zosiyanasiyana zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano komanso zifukwa zolondola - dzina la Scaife linadziwika bwino pa nthawi ya utsogoleri wa Clinton pamene Scaife anali ndi ma TV omwe amasindikizidwa komanso maziko a banja la Scaife adathandizira ndalama zina mwazovuta kwambiri panthawiyo, Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi mlandu woti a Clintons adaphedwa ndi Phungu wa White House Vince Foster.
mu ake Lipoti la pachaka la 2004, ALF inadzitamandira mmene inachitira bwino pothandiza sukulu yosatchulidwa dzina ya New York โkukana pempho la bungwe la mgwirizano.โ ALF yakhala ikugwiranso ntchito ku New Jersey charter school scene. Kumeneko ALF yamenyera nkhondo sinthani chigamulo cha Commissioner of Education ku New Jersey William Liberia kuchotsa tchata cha Paterson Charter School for Urban Leadership chifukwa cha zophophonya ndi zolakwika pazachuma, utsogoleri ndi kutsata malamulo ndi malamulo a maphunziro. [Mabuku a Charter School Advocacy Programme ali ndi mawu osamveka otamanda ALF kuchokera kwa mkulu wa Paterson Charter School.] ALF yatetezanso udindo wa Red Bank Charter School. pamilandu yomwe idayimbidwa mlandu wotsatira mfundo zomwe zidakulitsa kwambiri tsankho mโmasukulu aboma a mโtauni yaingโono ya Monmouth mwa kulemba ndi kusunga ophunzira achizungu ochuluka. Ku New Jersey, ALF imagwirizana ndi E-3 [Maphunziro Abwino Kwambiri kwa Aliyense], gulu lalikulu la boma lolimbikitsa ma voucha.
JACKSON LEWIS
Mu Charter School Advocacy Programme, ALF imadalira pafupifupi ntchito ya anti-union, kampani yamalamulo oyang'anira, Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman. Pakati pamakampani azamalamulo, a Jackson Lewis ali ndi mbiri yoyipa kwambiri. Nkhani ya pa December 14, 2004 ya New York Times, โKodi Mumathamangitsa Bwanji Mgwirizano? Factory yaku South Carolina Imapereka Mlandu Wamabuku [$],โ akufotokoza mwatsatanetsatane kampeni yomwe idachitika kufakitale ya batire ya EnerSys, motsogozedwa ndi Jackson Lewis. Zinayamba mu 1994, pamene bungwe la International Union of Electrical Workers linayamba kukonzekera thandizo pafakitale, ogwira ntchito atadandaula za "mapenshoni ochepa, oyang'anira nkhanza, kufulumira kwa kupanga ndi mavuto a chitetezo, makamaka ndi kutentha kwakukulu ndi lead zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga. โ Kampaniyo idabweretsa a Jackson Lewis kuti akhazikitse kampeni yodana ndi mgwirizano, koma pa February 23, 1995, antchito ambiri adavoterabe chisankho cha NLRB kuti agwirizane.
Pambuyo pa chisankho chamgwirizanowu, a John Craig, purezidenti wa kampaniyo, adauza antchito ake akuluakulu "tiyenera kuchita chilichonse chomwe tingathe kuti tichotse mgwirizanowu, posatengera zomwe zingatiwononge." Kwa zaka ziwiri zoyambirira chisankhochi chitatha, kampaniyo inakana kukambirana ndikulimbana ndi zotsatira za chisankho cha NLRB kukhoti, mpaka khoti la apilo la boma linagamula kuti zotsatira zake zinali zolondola. Zokambirana zitangoyamba, kampaniyo idati ichotsa antchito pokhapokha ngati bungweli litavomereza kuti lichepetse malipiro a 10%, kudulidwako kuthetsedwa ndi dongosolo logawana phindu. Pokakamizidwa ndi mgwirizano wa dziko, atsogoleri a mabungwe a mโderalo anavomera monyinyirika. Zodulidwazo zidafika 16%, ndipo kampaniyo idasokoneza njira yogawana phindu kuti ipatse antchito "mabonasi ochepa." Mgwirizanowu unabweretsa ma bonasi awa kwa woweruza milandu, yemwe, patatha zaka ziwiri zakuchedwa, adagamula motsutsana ndi kampaniyo. Koma pakali pano antchito ambiri anakwiyira bungweli, popeza sanakwezedwe ndalama kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, ndipo ndawala ya kuchotsera ziphaso za bungweli inayambika, yolipidwa ndi ndalama za kampani mosaloledwa ndi lamulo ndi kulangizidwa mosaloledwa ndi alangizi a kampani. Kampaniyo idathamangitsa akuluakulu asanu ndi awiri apamwamba m'bungweli pamilandu yonga "bodza" popereka umboni wotsutsana ndi mabonasi omwe adagawana nawo, kusiya kuvomereza mgwirizanowu mosaloledwa, idayambanso kuchotsedwa ntchito mu 2001, ndipo pa Seputembara 10, 2001, idatsekedwa. pansi fakitale popanda kupereka chidziwitso chalamulo.
Ngakhale kuti NLRB nthawi zambiri imakhala yosagwira ntchito poyankha makampeni odana ndi migwirizano ngati amenewa, zinthu ku EnerSys zinali zoipa kwambiri moti Bungweli linapereka madandaulo oimba mlandu kampaniyo kuphwanya malamulo a boma ka 120. Poyang'anizana ndi madandaulo, EnerSys adalipira chindapusa cha $ 7.75 miliyoni kuti athetse mlanduwo, ndipo adasumira a Jackson Lewis, akumuimba mlandu wophwanya malamulo ndikumulangiza kuti achite zinthu zosaloledwa. Ngakhale pulezidenti wa m'deralo Gailliard akuti "kampaniyo inapereka carte blanche ku kampani yazamalamulo - kampani yazamalamulo ndiyo inali kuyendetsa galimotoyo," ndipo EnerSys imati a Jackson Lewis adachita "ndondomeko yosalekeza komanso yosaloledwa yochotsa mgwirizanowu," Jackson Lewis akuumirira. kuti inapereka uphungu wabwino ndipo sinachite cholakwika chilichonse ku South Carolina.
Masiku ano, fakitale ya EnerSys ili chete, ndipo ambiri mwa antchito omwe kale ankagwira ntchito kumeneko tsopano alibe ntchito. "Kuwotchedwa, kusowa kokweza komanso kutsekedwa kwa mbewu zonse zidatumiza uthenga wamphamvu, "adamaliza New York Times. โZitatha zonsezi,โ anatero kwa ochirikiza amphamvu kwambiri a mgwirizanowo, โsindikuganiza kuti mungalipire anthu kuno kuti aloลตe nawo mโchitaganya.โ
JACKSON LEWIS KU ALF CONFERENCE
Mnzake wamkulu wa Jackson Lewis Roger S. Kaplan, mlembi wa zofalitsa zingapo za momwe angagonjetsere kampeni yokonzekera mgwirizano, akukhala pa ALF Advisory Council. Kaplan adatsogolera gulu limodzi mwamagawo awiri pamsonkhano wa ALF, pankhani zamalamulo okhudzana ndi bungwe la mgwirizano, ndi anzake atatu a Jackson Lewis omwe akupereka zokambirana.
Wowonetsa woyamba, Jackson Lewis mnzake Thomas Walsh, anawonekeranso pamsonkhano wapachaka wa mwezi wa March wa New York Charter School Association, kumene, malinga ndi ALF, iye anapereka uphungu kwa mamembala a makomiti a sukulu za makola za โzotulukapo zothandiza ndi zalamulo kwa oyangโanira masukulu obwereketsa pamene ayangโanizana ndi zoyesayesa zolinganiza za UFT [United Federation of Teachers].โ Walsh anachenjeza kuti mabungwe amalinganiza โmchitidwe wobisa,โ kotero kuti masukulu obwereketsa amayenera kuchita ntchito yongoyembekezera, kupereka โchidziลตitso chowona mtimaโ pankhani monga โmtengo wa mabungwe ogwirira ntchito limodziโ ndi โvuto la zokambiranaโ migwirizano isanawonekere. Pali "quirks" zotsutsana ndi olemba ntchito ku NY Charter Law, Walsh adadandaula kuti: masukulu obwereketsa sangathe kugwiritsa ntchito "ndalama zaboma" kuti aletse mgwirizano. Chifukwa chake, lamulo silimapereka "kusankha kwenikweni".
Wowonetsa wachiwiri anali mnzake wa Jackson Lewis Jeffrey Corrandino. Mabungwe a aphunzitsi akuti amathandizira masukulu obwereketsa, adalengeza, koma amangowathandiza bola ngati ali ofanana ndi masukulu aboma. Mudzamva zonena kuti ndife "mabusters a mgwirizano," Corrandino analola, koma sizowona. Komabe, kukambitsirana kwapagulu kuli โkovuta,โ โkuwononga nthaลตi,โ ndi โnjira yosagwira bwino ntchito yopangidwa ndi munthu,โ mโmene mumakambitsirana za โchikoma chilichonse, nyengo iriyonse.โ Makontrakitala amakambidwa pamutu wa "nkhondo yazachuma" ndi mgwirizano, adasungabe, motero mumakakamizika "kugulitsa" "kuwononga ntchito ya sukulu yanu."
Wowonetsa wachitatu, mnzake wa Jackson Lewis Susan Corcoran, anaika maganizo pa zimene masukulu ayenera kuchita kuti apewe mgwirizano pa nkhani ya kakhazikitsidwe ka mfundo za kagwiridwe ka ntchito ndi kabukhu ka ogwira ntchito.
ZOTHANDIZA ALF/JACKSON LEWIS ZOPEZERA MUNGANO M'MASUKULU OTHANDIZA
Msonkhanowu udavumbulutsa "chitsogozo chalamulo" cha ALF choletsa mgwirizano ku New York Charter Schools, chomwe chinasindikizidwa pansi pa mutu womwewo wa msonkhano. Linalembedwa ndi Jackson Lewis LLP, ndi Kaplan ndi Walsh akugwira ntchito ngati akuluakulu olemba anzawo. Ndilo lodzaza ndi zolakwika zoyambira pazamalamulo a New York Charter School. Munthu sangadutse tsamba 2, mwachitsanzo, asanawerenge kuti "sukulu zofikira khumi zimasankhidwa ndi SUNY Trustees ngati masukulu osalumikizana kwathunthu." M'malo mwake, NY Charter School Law sachita chilichonse chamtunduwu. Lamuloli lili ndi lamulo loti aphunzitsi ndi antchito ena m'masukulu obwereketsa omwe amatsegulidwa ndi ophunzira opitilira 250 amakhala ndi oyimira pamodzi. Mu Gawo 2854, 3, Ndime (b-1), ii, bungwe lobwereketsa lapatsidwa mphamvu zochotsa zodziwikiratu Kutsegulira kwa masukulu opitilira 10 omwe amatsegulidwa ndi ophunzira oposa 250; Komabe, aphunzitsi ndi ogwira ntchito m'masukulu amenewo ali ndi ufulu wofanana ndi wa aphunzitsi a m'masukulu ena omwe akugwira nawo ntchito kuti akonzekere ndi kufunafuna oimira nawo pamodzi akatsegulidwa. [Timadziletsa tokha ku chitsanzo chimodzi pano chifukwa sitili mu ntchito yoyeretsa ntchito yosasamala ya oyendetsa mabungwe.]
Zolakwa zenizeni izi sizosayembekezereka kwathunthu: kulondola kowona komanso kulemekeza kwambiri chowonadi sizofanana ndendende ndi akatswiri a "kupewa migwirizano". Koma kuperekedwa kwa chidziwitso, china chowona, china ayi, sichiri nyama ya kabukuka. M'malo mwake, chinthuchi chimapezeka m'magawo monga mndandanda wotsatirawu wa zizindikiro zokonzekera mgwirizano zomwe oyang'anira akuyenera kuyang'ana:
"magulu atsopano ogwira ntchito; "Atsogoleri" atsopano akutuluka; kukambitsirana kwaukali kumabuka pakati pa antchito; "Mphekesera" imakhala yogwira ntchito kwambiri - komanso mawu osamveka bwino; antchito amayamba kukumana pambuyo pa ntchito. โโฆ
Ngakhale lamulo la sukulu ya charter lili ndi gawo [Ndime 2855, 1, ndime (d)] yomwe imalamula kuti chikalatacho chichotsedwe chifukwa cha "chizolowezi chophwanya malamulo mwadala ... Kabuku ka ALF kamapereka upangiri wamomwe kasamalidwe ka masukulu a charter angalepheretse cholinga chalamulo. Kuti izi zitheke, ALF ikuganiza, payenera kukhala
โ[1] machitachita oposa amodzi osayenera; [2] zomwe zikuwonetsa chiwembu chofanana kapena kapangidwe kantchito ndi olemba ntchito; [3] kuchita mwadala zinthu zosaloledwa; ndi, [4] zomwe ziri zonyanyira kapena zonyansa.โ
Mutha kuyendetsa magalimoto ambiri omwe si a mgwirizano kudutsa dzenjelo, lomwe ALF ndi Jackson Lewis aziteteza mokondwera kukhothi.
NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - CHARTER SCHOOL - ALF CONNECTION
Ngakhale zili choncho, ngakhale kabuku ka Jackson Lewis kapena kalankhulidwe ka Jackson Lewis sikanali kodziwikiratu: palibe amene amayembekeza kuti nyalugwe asinthe mawanga ake. Chodabwitsa, komabe, ndi omwe adawonekera pagulu lina pamsonkhano wa ALF, ndi zomwe adanena. Ena mwa omwe adasankhidwa anali Caryl Cohen, woimira bungwe lazamaphunziro la NYC Department of Education. New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, ndipo oyambitsa ndi atsogoleri a ma network awiri a ma charter school Chancellor Joel Klein waitana ku New York City kukayambitsa masukulu obwereketsa kuno, Norman Atkins waku. Sukulu Zachilendo ndi Dacia Toll of Kupambana Choyamba. [Becca Weinstein of Achievement First anali woyimilira pamphindi yomaliza wa Toll.] Uncommon Schools runs Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School and Excellence Charter School of Bedford Stuyvesant, onse ku Brooklyn, ndipo Achievement First amayendetsa Crown Heights Elementary Charter School, Crown. Heights Middle Charter School ndi East New York Elementary Charter School, zonse ku Brooklyn. Sukulu zonsezi zinayamba mu September 2005.
Kugwirizana kwa gululi kunali, malinga ndi mawu a Norman Atkins, โmasukulu abwino ochita makola amadzikonzekeretsa mโnjira zoletsa mgwirizano.โ Kungoyang'ana pang'ono kuposa gulu la a Jackson Lewis, gululi lidalengeza kuti silingakambirane ntchito "mwakufuna" ntchito, ndi ufulu wolemba ntchito ndi kuwotcha popanda njira iliyonse, kuchotsedwa kwa utsogoleri, komanso tsiku lalitali la sukulu, sabata ndi chaka. Panali kunena mosabisa kanthu za kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kwa aphunzitsi m'masukulu apamwamba kwambiri, kuphatikiza awo - sizosadabwitsa mukaganizira kuti m'masukulu ena omwe amaphunzitsidwa bwino, aphunzitsi amafunsidwa kuti azigwira ntchito masiku khumi, masiku asanu ndi limodzi. masabata ndi zaka kupitirira miyezi khumi ndi umodzi. Koma panalibe kufunitsitsa kudzilingalira kulikonse, kufunsa ngati imeneyo inalidi njira yabwino koposa yophunzitsira ana kapena kukulitsa aphunzitsi okhoza, pa maphunziro amenewo kapena ofanana nawo. Pamene Cohen adanena kumapeto kwa gululo kuti masukulu ena apamwamba kwambiri ku New York City anali masukulu otembenuzidwa omwe amapitilira kuyimira UFT, zinali ngati thupi lake lidakhala ngati sing'anga ya mawu kuchokera mbali ina, molunjika. za gawo la maphunziro amdima.
Ngati padakhalapo funso lokhudza zomwe Chancellor Klein ndi Meya Bloomberg akufuna kuyambitsa masukulu atsopano ophunzirira ku New York City, ngati pakhala kukayikira kuti cholinga chawo chinali kupanga masukulu ambiri aboma omwe si a mgwirizano. mumzinda uno momwe angathere, msonkhano wa November 7th - ndi gawo lodziwika bwino lomwe oimira sukulu ya DOE's charter school and the charter school networks Klein waitanira ku New York City - zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kulimbikitsa kukayikira koteroko.
Leo Casey amagwira ntchito ku United Federation of Teachers. Nkhani yayitali kwambiri idawonekera Edwize, blog ya UFT, pa Nov. 17, 2005. Chifukwa cha Ed Muir wa AFT chifukwa cha kafukufuku wam'mbuyo pa ALF.
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