Othisha base-Arizona bacubungula isiteleka, kulandela isigameko sakamuva West Virginia futhi manje Oklahoma futhi Kentucky izibonelo, uma bengakutholi ukunyuselwa umholo kwabo okungamaphesenti angama-20 abakucelile.
Usuku olusemthethweni lwesiteleka belungakabekwa, kodwa othisha, belandela izincwadi zokudlala ezivela eWest Virginia, Oklahoma naseKentucky, babambe imibhikisho eminingi ezifundeni ngazinye kanye nasenhloko-dolobha yasePhoenix emasontweni amahlanu edlule, besebenzisa #RedforEd i-hashtag ku-Twitter ukuze bamemezele futhi babhale phansi imibhikisho yabo. Ekomkhulu ngoLwesithathu, iqeqebana lothisha linikeze isiShayamthetho a umbiko wentuthuko, futhi kunezinye โzokungena,โ othisha bemasha bengena ezakhiweni zesikole befuna amaholo angcono.
Ukuhlela kwakugqugquzelwa amandla aphansi kakhulu, uThomas waphawula, โkwabamba wonke umuntu.โ Njengase-Oklahoma, eWest Virginia naseKentucky, bebelokhu behlela ngamaqembu e-Facebook (akhule aba ngamalungu angama-40,000 emasontweni amathathu nje, ngokusho kukaThomas).
โSineholo elibi kakhulu esizweni lothisha bethu,โ eqhubeka, kodwa iholo limane nje liyingcosana. Othisha base-Arizona bebelokhu bezabalaza neminyaka yokuxoshwa kubabusi baseRiphabhlikhi abanciphisa uxhaso lwezemfundo ukuze bakhokhele ukuncishiswa kwentela.
UThomas ubiza ukuncishiswa kwentela okubi kakhulu kwe-Arizona emuva ekuphenduleni kwe-Great Recession ka-2008. "Ngaphambi kokuwohloka komnotho, besisebenzisa u- $ 1,000 ngaphezulu komfundi ekuthengeni izinto, amaholo othisha nokuqashwa kwabasebenzi nasekulungiseni izakhiwo, yonke imali engena kulokho."
Esikhundleni sokutshala imali kwingqalasizinda kanye nezinsiza zenhlalakahle ukuze kugqugquzelwe umsebenzi wezomnotho wangemva kokuwohloka okukhulu komnotho, umbusi wase-Arizona wase-Republican ngaleso sikhathi, u-Jan Brewer, wavotela iphakethe lokuncishiswa kwentela yenkampani, avuma ukuthi ngo-2017 kungenzeka ukuthi yayinzima kakhulu. Utshele i-Arizona Capitol Times,
"Kunjalo, kwaba nolaka kakhulu.โ Umphumela, uBrewer uthe, kube ukwehla kwemali engenayo edingekayo ezinsizeni zikahulumeni. โNgokuhamba kwesikhathi, kufanele ukhokhe i-fiddler,โ kusho yena.
Umbusi wamanje wase-Arizona u-Doug Ducey, naye oyi-Republican, akavumi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule wenqabile ukunikeza othisha imali abayicelile engamaphesenti angu-20, waphinde wafunga, njengoba kubika i-Arizona Daily Sun, โuzohoxisa noma iyiphi emakhulwini ezigidi zamaRandi. ukuncishiswa kwentela yenkampani esezingenile selokhu athatha izintambo,โ ezinye zazo zasayinwa ngesikhathi uBrewer esaphethe. "I-$ 100 million ngayinye elahlekile izosho ukuthi othisha banyuswe ngamaphesenti amathathu."
Iziteleka ziyathelelana. Sekuphele amasonto ambalwa othisha baseWest Virginia betelekile, kodwa ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, othisha base-Oklahoma benze kahle ngezithembiso zabahleli bezinyunyana. U-Alicia Priest noMary Best yachazela abakwa-AlterNet ngoMashiโukuba bateleke uma isicelo sabo sokukhushulelwa iholo esilinganiselwa ku-$10,000 singahlangatshezwanga. Lokhu bakwenze kulandela ukuphasiswa komthethosivivinywa obanikeze imali engango-$6,000 kuphela ku-$10,000 ababeyifuna, ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi benganyuselwanga.
NaseKentucky, othisha babhikishe ekomkhulu lesifundazwe eFrankfort, bephikisana nokuncishiswa kwempesheni yabo okubeka ithemba lothisha lokuthatha umhlalaphansi engcupheni. Izikole okungenani ezifundeni ezingama-25 zivaliwe ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, i I-Huffington Post ibike, nothisha bebiza abagulayo noma bengekho, futhi baqhubekile nokuhamba kwabo kuleli sonto.
Ebhala mayelana nokuvukela umbuso kathisha e Washington Post, uPaul Waldman uyachaza ukuthi "i-Oklahoma iyisibonelo esimsulwa sefilosofi elondolozayo." Kusukela ngo-1992, โumthetho wezwe ugunyaza inani eliphakeme elingamaphesenti angu-75 kuzo zombili izindlu zesishayamthetho ukuba likhuphule izintela.โ Lo mthetho wawuphendula ukwenyuswa kwentela ngo-1990 okwakuqondene ngqo nokuxhaswa kwezikole. UWaldman uphikisa ngokuthi lokhu โkubaholele lapho bekhona namuhla, njengoba benamaviki amane esikole, izakhiwo ezibandayo nezincwadi zokufunda ezinamashumi eminyaka zikhona.โ
Lapho othisha beletha lezi zinkinga ezishayamthetho zezwe, bahlangabezana nokudelelwa. โKhona-ke [ba]khipha amaphakethe angenalutho, bethi, ngeke sikwazi ukuxhasa imfundoโlapho ngamabomu, banciphisa izintela ngonyaka,โ kusho uThomas. "Lokho kuzokwenza uxhaso lonyaka olandelayo lube nzima nakakhulu."
UThomas wesaba ukuthi kuzofika uthisha ezindaweni ezizungezile, ezikhokha kangcono. Wachaza, โOthisha base-Arizona bangaya kunoma yisiphi isifunda esiseduze futhi bathole ukukhushulwa okukhuluโฆ INew Mexico, ngokwesilinganiso, ikhokhela othisha bayo amaRandi angu-10,000 ngaphezu kokukhokhelwa othisha base-Arizona.โ
โSidinga ukutshalwa kabusha kwezigidigidi zamarandi ukuze sibuyele lapho sasikhona eminyakeni engu-10 edlule,โ kuqhuba uThomas, echaza ukuthi kungani othisha becela ukunyuselwa ngamaphesenti angu-20. "Leyo yingxenye umphakathi obhekene nayo ngoba awukholwa ukuthi umbusi noma isishayamthetho singavumela ... abafundi nezikole babhekane nengozi enjalo."
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