Umthombo: Inyaniso
Njengoko iinjongo zomgaqo-nkqubo wezemfundo zolawulo olungenayo lweBiden ziqala ukuqaqamba, ezinye iintshukumo zabameli bezikolo zikarhulumente ziye zavela kwiqonga likaJoe Biden kunye neqela lenguqu. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yembali yakhe yokuhlonela izinto zabucala kunye nokwenzeka okuzayo kweSenethi elawulwa yiRiphabhlikhi, akubonakali ukuba angavuma okanye akwazi ukufezekisa ukungenelela komgaqo-nkqubo wezemfundo onentsingiselo.
Umoya okhoyo wezopolitiko wenze ukuba i-Biden ikwazi ukwenza umfelandawonye nemibutho yootitshala kwaye ichaze ukuzinikela okutsha kwimfundo yoluntu. Uhlaziyo alucebisayo lukude nokuvuselelwa kwedemokhrasi yokwenyani (nje, yithi, Izindululo zikaBernie Sanders ukwenza iiyunivesithi zikawonke-wonke zibe simahla kubo bonke kwaye ucime amatyala omfundi ngokurhafisa iWall Street). Nangona kunjalo baluphuculo oluphawulweyo ngaphezulu kwetekhnoloji yentengiso yasimahla ehlala ifumaneka kwiDemocrats - ngakumbi leyo ka-Obama, owathi. yangqineka injalo umthwali womgangatho wokoqobo wovavanyo lwezohlwayo kunye nemilinganiselo yokuphendula, kwaye, ngeyona ndlela, iqabane lesikolo esihlawulelwayo. Oko kuthethiweyo, nakuphi na ukucingela uluntu okutsha kwicala lika-Biden kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuthintelwe umkhondo wephulo, kwaye abafundisi abanenkqubela abafuna ukubuyisela umva ushishino lwabucala lwe-neoliberal abanakuqiniseka ukuba baya kufumana inkxaso yolu lawulo.
Amabhongo aphezulu - kwiPhepha
Iphulo leBiden lenze imfundo ebanzi iqonga oko kuya kuphinda-phindwe kathathu ngenkxaso-mali yeSiqendu I, neemali ezintsha ezibekelwe ngokukodwa ukunyusa imivuzo yootitshala. Ezinye iiplanga ziquka ukuphinda kabini inani leengcali zempilo yengqondo yesikolo (abacebisi, iingcali zengqondo kunye noonontlalontle), utyalo-mali kuqeqesho lootitshala, ukuphuculwa kweziseko zophuhliso zezikolo zikarhulumente kunye nokuvala izikhewu zenkxaso-mali kwizithili ezinemivuzo ephantsi kunye nezithili ezibandakanya ngokuyintloko abafundi bebala. Inkqubo iza kwandiswa izikolo zasekuhlaleni, inkxaso yophuhliso lwabantwana abaselula kunye nemfundo yobugcisa, ukuphumeza ukhathalelo lwabantwana olutyibilikayo kunye ne-universal pre-kindergarten kwaye umisele inkxaso-mali egcweleyo yomanyano lwaBantu abaKhubazekileyo uMthetho weMfundo, okwaziwa ngokuba yimfundo eyodwa.
Biden's isicwangciso senkxaso yasemva kwesekondari ibandakanya ukunyusa izibonelelo zePell kubafundi abafumana umvuzo ophantsi kunye nabakumgangatho ophakathi, inkxaso-mali kwiikholeji zaBantsundu ngokwembali kunye namanye "amaziko anikezela iinkonzo ezincinci" kunye nokwenza iminyaka emibini yekholeji yoluntu simahla - kodwa kuphela "kubantu abasebenza nzima," inkcazo ecacileyo, ecacileyo. apho kukho isixa-mali sovavanyo lweendlela (okt, ukunqanda ukufikelela kwenkqubo kwiiseti zabemi ngokusekelwe kwingeniso ehlala inzima okanye ezinye iindlela). Iqonga leBiden lizaliswe ziibromides ezivulekileyo ezifana "nezisombululo ezintsha," "ukhuphiswano" kunye "nokwanda kokufikeleleka" okuhlala kufowunela ingcamango yentengiso yasimahla. Kodwa ukuba kufuneka siyeke ukufutshane kwiinkqubo zendalo iphela ezingahlawulelwayo ngokupheleleyo, le migaqo-nkqubo ingaphucula ubomi obuninzi.
Oyena ndoqo kubo ngumnxeba "wokwenza iikholeji zikawonke-wonke kunye neeyunivesithi simahla kuzo zonke iintsapho ezinemivuzo engaphantsi kwe-125,000 yeedola," kuguqulelo olumanzi lweqonga likaBernie Sanders. Nakule fomu ihlanjululweyo, evavanyiweyo, ikholeji yasimahla kwabanye iya kuba luphuculo olukhulu ngaphezulu kwemeko ekhoyo ngoku yemfundo ephakamileyo. Oku kunye nenani lezinto eziqinileyo zeBiden zineengcambu zazo iingcebiso yeBiden-Sanders Unity Task Force. Uxinzelelo olusuka ekhohlo, njengoko kuqhele ukuba njalo, lwandise amabhongo abaguquleli benkululeko-okanye, ubuncinci, kuchazwe amabhongo.
Ukuphelisa ubhubhane ngokuqinisekileyo kuphambili kwiinkxalabo zootitshala kulo nyaka. Umthetho we-CARES sele usele ikhuphe ngaphezulu kwe-30 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ye-K-12 kunye noncedo lwemfundo ephakamileyo. Kuya kufuneka okungakumbi, yaye ngokukhawuleza, ukuxhasa ukubuyiswa ngokukhuselekileyo esikolweni (nangona izimvo zinokwahluka ngokuba into enjalo inokwenzeka ukusa kuwuphi umkhamo; umanyano kwaye iingcali zonyango ngokufanayo baye babongoza isilumkiso esingqongqo). Trump, ngokwenyani kwifomu, ngenkohlakalo wa gxi ninisa kwizikolo ezinezixhobo ezinamandla ngokwenza inkxaso-mali yoncedo ixhomekeke ekuvulweni kwazo kwakhona. Isicwangciso sikaBiden endaweni yoko ushiya ukuvulwa kwakhona kwizithili zasekhaya ngelixa efuna ukucaciswa kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye neendlela zoThintelo, iipakethi zoncedo olungxamisekileyo kunye nezibonelelo kunye nokupasiswa kwe-HEROES Act, ebandakanya i-58 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezikolweni. Konke oku kuya kuza kumxholo wamanyathelo abanzi, afuneka ngamandla okulawula ubhubhane. Ngelishwa, ukuntsonkotha kwayo nayiphi na isicwangciso sokuqaliswa kwesicwangciso semfundo kuya kudityaniswa neemfuno ezicinezelayo ezibekwe yintlekele ye-COVID-19.
Ababucala
Ngoku ka ingxelo ngu Politico, Iqela lenguqu yeBiden lizibophelele ekufakeni utitshala wesikolo sikarhulumente phezu kweSebe leMfundo. Unobhala wezemfundo phantsi kolawulo lukaTrump, iBetsy DeVos ecekisekayo ngokubanzi, yibhiliyoni ye-evangelical crusader kunye nodade we-Academi (née Blackwater) umseki u-Erik Prince. Ukuchaswa ngokukrakra Kwalaa mbono wemfundo karhulumente, i-DeVos yakhuthaza ukugxothwa kwenkxaso-mali karhulumente kwiitshatha nakwizikolo zenkolo zabucala; imithetho erhoxisiweyo kumgibe wamatyala, iiyunivesithi zokwenza inzuzo; chasene amalungelo okuhlala uzuza; kwaye yongamele ngokubanzi umngcelele ongenazintloni kushishino lwabucala kunye nokwenza inzuzo. Ngokukrakra, wazama ukubuyisela imali kwiiOlimpiki eziKhethekileyo, eyayiyibhulorho ekude kakhulu nokuba Trump.
Nabani na otyunjiweyo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuba luphuculo ngaphezu kwe-slash-and-burn reactionary hack njenge-DeVos.
Iqela lenguqu kwezemfundo likaBiden aliyi kukhetha unobhala okanye limisele imigaqo-nkqubo emikhulu. Endaweni yoko, amalungu eqela ahlawuliswa ngokuyintloko ukulungiswa kwakhona iSebe leMfundo ukunciphisa umonakalo walungiswa ngokugqogqa krwada kukaDeVos. ULinda Darling-Hammond, ingcali yezemfundo ixesha elide kwaye uphakathi kuvakalisiwe ezinye iimfesane esikolweni charter, kunjalo ekhokela iqela - ayisiyonto imangalisayo, kuba wadlala indima efanayo kuMongameli Obama ngo-2008. UDarling-Hammond uye warhoxa ukusuka kuqwalaselo lukanobhala wezemfundo kwikhabhinethi yaseBiden; ukhetho olunokubakho lubandakanya uLily Eskelsen García, owayesakuba ngutitshala wesikolo esiphakathi, de kube kutshanje, umongameli weNational Education Association (NEA); kunye noRandi Weingarten, owayesakuba ngutitshala wembali kunye nomongameli we-American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Zombini i N.E.A. kwaye i AFT ziimanyano zootitshala ezinamandla kunye nabaxhasi beDemokhrasi abaninzi abavuma ukugqalwa kukaBiden; zombini baye chasene Imiba yokwenziwa kwezikolo zabucala, ukuba aziqashiswanga ngokwezigaba zezikolo. Kukho ezinye izinto ezinokwenzeka, kodwa nabani na otyunjiweyo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuba luphuculo ngaphezu kwe-slash-and-burn reactionary hack efana ne-DeVos.
Nangona kunjalo, kwi Iqela lenguqu leengcali ezingama-20, ezine ziphuma kwimibutho yabasebenzi. Uninzi lwentsalela wadlala indima kwiSebe lezeMfundo ngexesha likaClinton okanye lika-Obama - zombini ngokuba baphose ubunzima ngasemva kwezikolo ezihlawulelwayo kunye nezikim zovavanyo, njengoko wenzayo uBush okwethutyana. Ugqatso luka-Obama lwe-4.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuya kwelona linge liphezulu lokhuphiswano lwesibonelelo lukhuthaze amazwe ukuba amkele imigangatho emitsha ye-Common Core kwaye andise izikolo ezihlawulelwayo ngembuyekezo yenkxaso-mali. (ISebe lika-Obama lalinayo ubudlelwane obusondeleyo kakhulu kwi-pro-charter Gates Foundation, leyo ebhankini kwaye yaba negalelo ekudalweni kweCommon Core egxekwa kakhulu.)
Obama naye ihambelana ne IDemocrats for Education Reform (DFER), ikomiti yentshukumo yezopolitiko yasekunene exhaswa ngemali ngabaphathi beengxowa-mali zehedge kunye nongxowankulu bezemali - abashicileli bentengiso yasimahla abathengisa izinto zabucala kunye novavanyo kwaye banamakhonkco kwiDeVos. DFER Kwaqhwatywa izandla Ukuqeshwa kuka-Obama kuka-Arne Duncan, owayesakuba yi-CEO yeZikolo zikaRhulumente zaseChicago (isikhundla esimela ngokwaso ukufakwa kwezikolo ngeengcamango zoshishino), njengonobhala wezemfundo phezu kwabaviwa abavumelana kakhulu neemanyano. UDuncan, ngokungalindelekanga, ummeli othembekileyo yee-charters, kunye ne-Common Core kunye neenkqubo zovavanyo olusemgangathweni. Wayechaswa yi-NEA kunye ne-AFT ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe. Emva kokuba uDuncan ehlile ngo-2015, iDFER nayo zivunywe indawo yakhe ebekwe ngu-Obama, uJohn B. King Jr., owathi yongamele ukuphunyezwa kwemigangatho eyintlekele eNew York.
Imilinganiselo eqhelekileyo kunye nemilinganiselo yokuphendula njenge "ixabiso elongezelelweyo imodeli"kunye nezinye"uvavanyo-kwaye-wohlwaya” kwasetyenziswa iinkqubo ukubamba inkxaso-mali kwizikolo ezisekelwe kuvavanyo olulambathayo kunye nemisebenzi yootitshala bedyokhwe kunye nembuyekezo kumanqaku abafundi, ukuqhubela phambili ingqiqo yenkqubo yovavanyo kaGeorge W. Bush's No Child Left Behind. I-American Statistical Association ucacisile kutheni ezo metrics zineziphene ezinzulu - ukanti ulawulo luka-Obama lunyanzelise ukutyhala ezi ndlela kude ngaphaya kwemida yabo, mhlawumbi ngenxa ye usetyenziso lwabo ekulinganiseni ukusikeka kunye noshishino lwabucala. Kamva, iSebe lezeMfundo lika-Obama lokongamela izikolo ezihlawulelwayo wagwetywa ngabaphicothi-zincwadi bayo. Iqonga lalimiselwe i-DeVos's ngakumbi nezipho.
Umnumzana Biden, njengosekela mongameli, wayengenaxanduva ngokuthe ngqo kule migaqo-nkqubo, nangona ebonakala ngathi uhambe nabo ngocwangco. Uye wayenza ngo-1997 ubonakalise ukungafihli kwiivawutsha ezixhaswa ngemali ngurhulumente zezikolo zonqulo zabucala kunye “nokwanda kokhuphiswano,” ingcamango ethandabuzekayo yokuba izikolo zikarhulumente ezitsala nzima zinokunyanzelwa ukuba ziqhube bhetele ngokuzenza zingabi nangxaki xa zithelekiswa nezikolo zabucala zabafundi nenkxaso-mali.
Okwangoku, uninzi lweengxelo zamva nje ezivela kwiBiden kunye nephulo lakhe libonakala ngathi liyakhula into yokuhamba ukusuka kumgca omde we-bipartisan. IWashington Post ubuze uMlawuli woMgaqo-nkqubo we-Biden uStef Feldman ukuba umongameli onyuliweyo uya “kuphambukela kwindlela yolawulo luka-Obama” kwimfundo. “Ngokuqinisekileyo sisicwangciso seBiden,” uphendule watsho. Ukuthetha ne-American Federation of Teachers kunye nokubhekisa kwizikolo ezihlawulelwayo, Utsho uBaben, “Eyona nto iphambili kukurhwaphiliza imali yezikolo zikarhulumente esele zisengxakini ngokwaneleyo.”
Isithethi seBiden uMat Hill ibhengezwe kwingxelo:
Njengomongameli, uBiden uya kuthintela izikolo ezihlawulela inzuzo ekufumaneni imali yomdibaniso. Kananjalo uya kuqinisekisa ukuba siyayeka ukuxhasa ngezimali izikolo eziqeshisayo ezinganiki ziphumo. Ukongeza, uya kuqinisekisa ukuba izikolo ezihlawulelwayo zigcinwa kumanqanaba afanayo okuphendula nokungafihlisi njengezikolo zikarhulumente eziqhelekileyo.
Olu lwimi weza phantse ngqo ukusuka kwingcebiso yeBiden-Sanders Unity Task Force. Kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba uninzi lwamatshatha awenzelwanga nzuzo ngokucacileyo, ngoko ke umgca wokuqala awuthethi yonke into eninzi. Iitshatha ezibonakala zingenzi nzuzo zisenokusebenza ngokulula njengezithuthi ngokujikisa imali yoluntu kwingxowamali yabucala. UHillary Clinton wazama ukuphuma kwaloo dodge inye.
Mhlawumbi uBiden uza kuzama ukuthobela uqinisekiso lweqela lakhe, nangona kungacacanga kwaye kurhangqwe, ukuba uyakuqala ukuzishiya ngasemva iindlela zika-Obama. Iphulo ngokuqinisekileyo lizamile ukubonakalisa ithoni entsha, liqaqambisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo umsebenzi kaJill Biden njengonjingalwazi wekholeji yoluntu njengomqinisekisi wobungqina bokwenene bemfundo yoluntu. (Ukwalilungu leNEA.) Oku kujongelwa phantsi kokuma kwezikolo ezihlawulelwayo izibuko utshintsho olubanzi phakathi kweeDemokhrasi. Ngaphandle kokuphembelela ngamandla kwabaxhasi becharter kunye nefuthe izixhobo, ukugxekwa koluntu lomzekelo kuye kwanda, nge amahlazo amaninzi okubandakanya ukwenza ingeniso kunye nokugxunyekwa kokungabikho kolongamelo lukarhulumente, amabango ommeli wecharter aqukunjelwa. debunked, kunye nomzimba okhulayo we uphando ebonisa umonakalo wohlahlo lwabiwo-mali abawenza kwizikolo zikarhulumente. Inzondelelo kaTrump kunye ne-DeVos yeetshatha yenze ukuba kube lula kakhulu kwiidemokhrasi ukuba zikhubekise ukuzimisa ngokuchaseneyo. (Nditsho noCory Booker uye washukuma kancinane kumba wakhe wotyikityo.) Ngenxa yoko, lixesha elilungele ngokwezopolitiko ukulungelelanisa ngokuchasene nabo - kunye neemanyano, ezithe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo zaqinisekisa amandla azo i-spete yogwayimbo, umba ophambili apho yayiyichasa imiqulu.
Imibutho yootitshala inokusebenzisa amandla iqondo elithile lokushukuma kulawulo lweBiden; uya kubatyala ubuncinane ngeemvume zabo kunye igalelo lephulo. Nangona kunjalo, nangona uBiden eye kwiintlungu ezinkulu ukuze azenzele "njengendoda yemanyano" eblue-blue, ukuzenza kwakhe ngobuhlobo kwiimanyano ngokubanzi kuye kwaba bubuhle kwaye. yaphulwa ngerekhodi lakhe lokuvota. Indlela aziphatha ngayo ibonisa ukuba uyamkela ngokungqongqo imali namandla. Imibutho yootitshala inokuba nefuthe elithe kratya ngeli xesha, kodwa isenzo solawulo lwe-Biden kwimfundo siya kumiselwa ngokuba loo mikhosi ihlangana njani kwaye ihambelane nemimandla emiselweyo esekwe yinkunzi.
Khangela kuMandla
Ukuphikisana kukaJoe Biden kuyavakala. Izithembiso zakhe zephulo kusenokwenzeka ukuba ziqhubele phambili, zimbeka, ngokuthe ngqo, ngasekhohlo kwabagqatswa bamva nje beDemokhrasi (ngenxalenye encinci ngenxa yempembelelo yentshukumo yeSanders). Kodwa ezi ziimbophelelo zobuciko, hayi zolwakhiwo. UBiden uye ulalanise kunye namaRiphabhlikhi kulo lonke ithuba. Igalelo lakhe eWall Street kude kugqithiwe Trump's. Ekuboniseni ukunyaniseka kwiinkampani zetyala ezamnika amakhulu amawaka, yena wadlala indima edlamkileyo ekudaleni i ingxaki yemali-mboleko yabafundi into afuna ukuyisombulula ngoku. Kwelo cala, uyenziwe isithembiso esimnandi ye-10,000 yeedola zoncedo, kuphela kwiimali-mboleko zabucala ezigcinwe ngababoleki "ababandezelekileyo ngokwezoqoqosho" - ngaphezulu koko kuthetha-uvavanyo oluthandwa kakhulu ngabakhululekileyo.
Xa i-capital ifuna ukucuthwa kwe-austerity kunye ne-bailout yenkampani, irekhodi likaBiden libonisa ukuba unokunyanzelisa.
Ukuvela kwindoda ethembisa "ukuphulaphula izazinzulu" kwaye emva koko uyala ukuvala i-fracking - ukusuka kwindoda esele icofe ishishini leoli njengonxibelelwano lwemozulu, umcebisi weDuPont weArhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo, i umkhuseli wokugxothwa kunye nokuhlukana kosapho lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye Abaphathi beBig Tech kumaqela ophononongo lwe-arhente - naluphi na uhlobo lwezibhengezo zasekhohlo zikrokreka kakhulu. Ukunyuka okukhulu kwinkcitho yentlalontle njengeqonga lemfundo likaBiden kuya kuba sisiqalekiso kudidi lobunini. Xa i-capital ifuna ukucuthwa kwe-austerity kunye ne-bailout yenkampani, irekhodi likaBiden libonisa ukuba unokunyanzelisa. Zonke izithembiso zakhe kufuneka ziqwalaselwe ngenxa yokuba netyala kwakhe ngamandla.
Ke, utshintsho lwetoni kulo nyaka luchazwa ngokupheleleyo: uBiden unobuchule kwimigaqo-nkqubo kunye neengxelo zokusebenzisa imimoya yezopolitiko ethe, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, imtshayela ngamandla. Ngelixa kusenokwenzeka ukuba uye wavuthelwa ngobunono ekhohlo kwiphulo lamva nje, owona mgaqo wakhe ungqinelanayo kukubambelela kwisiseko senkunzi. Ukwahlula phakathi kwentetho yakhe kunye nerekhodi yakhe kulula ukulungelelaniswa xa kugxilwa kweso sithintelo.
Ngenxa yoko, akukho zigqibo zininzi ezinokuthathwa kwisileyiti sakhe sangoku sezithembiso. Ukuba liphunyeziwe, iqonga liya kuba yinzuzo yokwenyani kwimfundo yaseMelika, kwaye ukwakhiwa kweqela lenguqu kubonakala kubonisa ubuncinci ukonwatyiswa kwembono yomanyano. Kodwa into yokuba iqela liqulathe amagosa kaClinton kunye no-Obama angabonisa ukuqhubeka kokuphazamiseka kwemfundo ye-neoliberal ebiqhubeka kulawulo oluninzi olulandelelanayo. Ukuba uBiden uyakwenza, ngandlela thile, eme kwikomkhulu kwaye atyhale uhlaziyo lokwenyani, ukubuyisela umva ukunyathelwa kukaDeVos kwimfundo eqhelekileyo akuyi kwanela. Kwakuza kufuneka alungise umonakalo owenziwe ngabalawuli awayesebenza kubo ngokuzingca njengosekela mongameli.
Ngenxa yobhubhani we-coronavirus, ukudodobala koqoqosho, uninzi lweNdlu encinci kunye nethuba leSenethi yaseRiphabhlikhi, le migaqo-nkqubo, nokuba ilandelwa ngokupheleleyo, iya kujongana nemiqobo enzima. Abanye ngasekunene batyibilika phezu kokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba iBiden inokushwabana ngokulula kakhulu. Inqaku evela kwiziko likaThomas B. Fordham, itanki yokucinga ye-pro-charter conservative, iqikelela ngolonwabo oluthile malunga nokuba iBiden inokushukunyiswa njani; Umbhali urhanela ukuba “akalotshaba olulukhuni lwengqondo” lwezikolo ezihlawulelwayo kodwa ungumpolitiki olichule ekukhuthazeni abathathi-nxaxheba abohlukeneyo. UKeri Rodrigues, umongameli weNational Parents Union - iqela elichasene nemanyano elixhaswa ngemali nguWalton - catshulwa in IWashington Post: “Ndiyabulela ukuba liqonga kwaye ayingowona msebenzi endicinga ukuba uJoe Biden uza kuwenza ukuba wonyulwe njengomongameli,” utshilo. “Ukubhenela kwimibutho yootitshala nokubanika le nto bayifunayo kwaye baqinisekise ukuba baziva ngathi baqhuba izinto yinto ekufuneka uyenzile ukuze uyiphumelele, kwaye nantso into ayenzayo ukuyiphumelela.”
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