IMPI isiqalile e-Chicago, kanti ikusasa lezikole zomphakathi kanye nenhlangano yabasebenzi—kuleli dolobha kanye nezwe lonke—lisengcupheni.
Emigqeni yokukhwabanisa kanye nemibhikisho kuzo zonke izingxenye zedolobha, othisha, abazali, abafundi kanye nabanye baphakamisa amazwi abo bephikisana noMeya u-Rahm Emanuel, ibhodi lakhe lesikole elikhethwe ngesandla kanye nabo bonke abangani babo-bathumela umlayezo wokuthi ngeke sime eduze. kuyilapho behlasela othisha futhi bephoqelela i-ajenda yabo yebhizinisi "yezinguquko" ezikoleni zethu.
Amalungu angaba ngu-26,000 e-Chicago Teachers Union (CTU)–othisha kanye nabasizi, abefundisi kanye nochwepheshe bezomtholampilo–bahamba phambili esitelekeni sabo sokuqala eminyakeni engu-25. I-CTU ibingenankontileka kusukela ngoJuni. Ekupheleni konyaka odlule wesikole, amaphesenti angama-98 othisha abavota bagunyaza inyunyana ukuthi ibize isiteleka uma idolobha lingaqhamuki nenkontileka enobulungiswa.
Ukuqinisekiswa kokugcina kwalesi siteleka kuvele esithangamini sabezindaba bukhoma ngo-10 ebusuku. izindaba zikamabonakude wendawo, lapho uMongameli we-CTU uKaren Lewis ememezele ukuthi izingxoxo zehlulekile ukuvala igebe phakathi kwedolobha kanye nenyunyana yothisha. “Sihlulekile ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esizovimba isiteleka sabasebenzi,” usho kanje. "Awekho amalungu e-CTU azobe engaphakathi ezikoleni zethu ngoMsombuluko."
Nakuba imithetho yezwe ivimbela inyunyana ukuba iteleke ezindabeni ezingaphandle kweholo, izinzuzo nezinqubo ezithile zendawo yokusebenza, u-Lewis wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi i-CTU iphinde ilwele imfundo yomphakathi exhaswa ngokugcwele ngamasayizi amakilasi amancane, izikhungo ezihloniphekile kanye nezinketho zemfundo ezithuthukisiwe.
U-Lewis ukhulume ngemifelandawonye ye-CTU nabazali kanye namaqembu omphakathi ukufuna ukuthuthukiswa kwezikole–isibonelo, ukufakwa kwesiphephetha-moya ezikoleni eziqala amakilasi maphakathi no-Agasti. Uveze ukuthi i-CPS inosonhlalakahle abangama-350 kuphela ezinganeni ezibalelwa ku-400,000. Impi yokuthuthukiswa kwezinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle ezikoleni, uthe, "ibalulekile kithi sonke."
Ngakho-ke, nakuba izindaba ezithile zesiteleka sothisha baseChicago zilinganiselwe ngokomthetho, wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi le mpi imayelana nendlela izikole eziphathwa ngayo, njengoba kwasho omunye umgqugquzeli wezindaba wendawo. "Sinicela nonke ukuthi nihlanganyele nathi ekulweleni ubulungiswa kwezemfundo," kusho uLewis esithangamini sabezindaba, ephetshethwa amalungu enyunyana asezingeni eliphezulu ethimbeni lezingxoxo.
Ebuzwa ukuthi kungani inyunyana ingafuni ukuqaliswa kohlelo olusha lokuhlola, iPhini likaMongameli we-CTU uJesse Sharkey uveze ukuthi isiphakamiso sokujezisa saleli dolobha singabeka othisha abangaba ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yothisha baseChicago ethubeni lokuxoshwa. Ngokuhlanganisa ukuhlolwa kothisha namaphuzu ezivivinyo zabafundi, i-Chicago Public Schools (CPS) izofaka ingcindezi eyengeziwe ezinganeni esezivele zinomthwalo wokuhlolwa kwenani eliphezulu “okuhlanekezela” imfundo yazo, kusho u-Sharkey.
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NGEMPELASONTO eyandulela isiteleka, izikhulu ze-CPS zenze omkhulu umsebenzi zithi zithuthuka ezindaweni eziningi okuxoxiswana ngazo. Kodwa noma ngabe yikuphi ukunyakaza okwenzekile ngasohlangothini lwe-CPS, akungenxa yokuthi ibhodi selinengqondo. Kungumphumela wezinyanga zokuhlela kothisha–ukukhombisa ubunye nokuzimisela kwabo lapho bebhekene nokukhukhumala nenkani yedolobha.
Indoda eyalela i-CPS, u-Rahm Emanuel–owayengumphathi wezisebenzi kaMongameli u-Barack Obama-wayezikhukhumeza njengakuqala ekuphenduleni isinqumo se-CTU sokushaya ucingo. Ekhala ngokuthi isiphakamiso samaholo sedolobha ku-CPS "sicebe kakhulu" kunoma iyiphi inyunyana yezinkampani zikahulumeni edolobheni, ugxeke othisha ngokwenza "isiteleka sokuzikhethela."
Kepha u-Emanuel uye wayibukela phansi kabi i-CTU–njengoba enzile kaningi esikhathini esedlule.
Entwasahlobo ka-2011, njengoba u-Emanuel esezoba yimeya, abalingani bakhe esishayamthetho sezwe baphasise umthetho wokuthi amaphesenti angama-75 awo wonke amalungu e-CTU kufanele avotele ukuze agunyaze isiteleka ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale ukuphuma. Izikhulu zaseChicago zacabanga ngokuzidla ukuthi lokho bekuwukuphela kwanoma yikuphi usongo lwesiteleka sothisha.
Kodwa-ke, evotini langoJuni odlule, amalungu e-CTU awagcinanga nje ngokufinyelela umkhawulo ongamaphesenti angama-75 odingekayo ukuze kugunyazwe isiteleka, kodwa awudlula—cishe amaphesenti angama-90 abo bonke othisha, kanye namaphesenti angama-98 amangalisayo alabo abavota, asekela ukugunyazwa kwesiteleka. .
NgoJulayi, i-CPS yaphoqeleka ukuthi ivume ukuqasha othisha abacishe babe ngama-500 ukuze bavale igebe eladalwa lapho u-Emanuel ebeka usuku olude lwesikole-lapho ebhekene nombhikisho wamaqembu abazali kanye nezishoshovu zomphakathi, ingasaphathwa eyokuthola iqiniso kwedolobha "elizimele". umbiko ophakamise ukuthi kunyuswe amaholo ngamaphesenti ayi-15 kuya kwangama-20 kothisha abasebenza usuku olude.
Kuzo zonke izigaba, u-Emanuel kanye ne-CPS bafuna imvume eqinile kothisha-futhi amalungu enyunyana afinyelela inselelo.
Njengoba sekuzophuma ikhefu, ingcindezi yabaholi bezepolitiki yokuthi bahoxise isiteleka iye yanda. Isibonelo, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu ze-alderman yedolobha zathumela incwadi kuMongameli we-CTU u-Lewis emnxusa ukuthi ahlehlise uhambo lokuhamba– naphezu kokuthi akukho abangakusho mayelana nezingxoxo ezinyangeni ezedlule.
Idolobha liphinde labona ukuthi lingacindezela i-CTU ukuthi ivume ngokuphoqelela izivumelwano ezifanayo kwezinye izinyunyana zamadolobha-okuhlanganisa nenkontileka nothisha besikhathi esigcwele e-Chicago City Colleges exazululwe ngesonto eledlule, cishe unyaka ngaphambi kokuthi isivumelwano sabo siphelelwe yisikhathi. Inkontileka yedolobha e-CCC ihlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto eziningi, izivumelwano zenkokhelo esekelwe ekusebenzeni, enye yezindaba ezibalulekile i-CTU eyakha ukumelana nazo.
Konke lokhu kuyingxenye yohlelo lobudlelwano bomphakathi lokupenda othisha njengabangafuni ukuyekethisa–nokubeka izintshisekelo zabo ngaphambi kwezingane zaseChicago. Kusetshenziswa iqhinga elifanayo ohlelweni lwedolobha elithi "Children First" lwabafundi ngesikhathi kunesiteleka–esizogcina izingane ezikoleni eziyizimo eziphuthumayo eziyi-144 i-CPS ehlela ukuzigcina zivuliwe isigamu sosuku.
Impendulo ye-CPS ekukhathazekeni kwangempela kwabazali abasebenzayo mayelana nokuthi benzeni nezingane zabo usuku lonke "iwuhlelo" lwesiphithiphithi-futhi, ngokungangabazeki izikhulu zedolobha zinethemba, ukukhungatheka okubhekiswe kothisha.
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UKUBE bebezikhathalele ngempela izingane zaseChicago, u-Emanuel nobhululu bakhe bebezoqala ukulalela izimfuno zothisha baseChicago.
Isiteleka se-CTU simayelana nothisha nezinga labo lokuphila nezimo zokusebenza. Kodwa futhi imayelana nezinga lemfundo yabafundi. Umzabalazo ofanayo udlala emadolobheni ezweni lonke, lapho ohulumeni sebelambele izikole zikahulumeni zezimali iminyaka eminingi-bese bejikela futhi bagxeka lezo zikole ngokufeyila.
Ngokusho kwabasekeli "bezinguquko" zesikole njengo-Emanuel–kanye nozakwabo wangaphambili kwezokuphatha u-Obama u-Arne Duncan, uNobhala Wezemfundo kanye no-CEO we-Chicago Public Schools–inkinga akukona uxhaso, kodwa “othisha ababi.” Ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi izinkinga i-CPS engeke inyakaze kuzo izinhlinzeko ezithinta kakhulu indlela othisha okulindeleke ukuba bafundise ngayo–nokuthi bakhokhelwa kanjani ngomsebenzi abawenzayo.
Isibonelo, i-CPS ingathanda ukuqeda "izinyathelo nemizila," uhlelo olusetshenziswa amashumi eminyaka oluhlinzeka ngokukhushulelwa othisha ngokwenani leminyaka abayifundisile kanye nezinga lemfundo abayitholile.
Abasekeli bezinguquko zesikole e-CPS bangancamela ukuthi iholo lothisha lisekelwe kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ukufaneleka"–ngamanye amazwi, ukuthi abafundi benza kahle kangakanani ezivivinyweni ezijwayelekile, nawo wonke amaphutha abo asobala.
Ukushisekela ukukhokhelwa kuhlehlisa umqondo walokho okubhekwa njengokufundisa okuhle, njengoba othisha beba ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokuthi "bafundise baze bavivinywe." Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusekela ukuhlolwa kokusebenza kwamaphuzu okuhlolwa kwabafundi kushiya othisha bevuleleke ekuphathweni okuyisijeziso okuvela ezikhulwini zesikole ngokuvamile okungahlobene kancane nendlela abafundisa kahle ngayo.
Ngokuphambene nalokho okushiwo abantu abafana no-Duncan no-Emanuel, ukukhokha ngokusekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho akuvuzi othisha "ababi, abadala". Kusho ukuthi othisha abanolwazi nokuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe bahlala isikhathi eside esikoleni. Njengoba omunye uthisha wezomlando esikoleni esiphakeme saseChicago asho:
Umugqa ovela ebhodini uthi othisha akusho ukuthi baba ngcono njengoba iminyaka ihamba, ngakho kufanele silinganise ukusebenza kwabo bese sibakhokhela ngokusekelwe kulokho. Kodwa ucwaningo emva kocwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi othisha empeleni baba ngcono ngokuhamba kweminyaka. Baqala ukuba othisha abakhulu ngesikhathi befundisa unyaka wesishiyagalombili noma wesishiyagalolunye. Lokhu kuwubuwula ukucabanga ngakho, ngoba ku-CPS, uthisha ojwayelekile unguthisha cishe iminyaka emihlanu–ngoba kuningi ukudilizwa kanye nenzuzo eningi.
Olunye udaba lapho iCPS yenqaba khona ukuvuma imayelana nelungelo lothisha abalahlekelwe yimisebenzi ngenxa yokuvalwa kwezikole kanye “nokushintshwa” kokuthi babizwe ezikhundleni ezintsha. U-Emanuel uthembise ukuthi othisha okudingeka basebenze uma usuku lwesikole olude luzophuma kuleli qoqo lothisha abadiliziwe, kodwa i-CPS kuze kube manje ayikasilandeli lesi sithembiso.
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ZONKE izingqinamba ezibhekene nothisha baseChicago ziyasebenza nakwamanye amadolobha namadolobhana lapho othisha bebhekene nezinhlelo zokuguqula izikole - amadoda nabesifazane. Ngakho-ke wonke amehlo-abasekeli bemfundo yomphakathi nalabo abangathanda ukuyibhubhisa-basempini yaseChicago.
Abaholi beCTU, abathathe izintambo eminyakeni emibili edlule njengohlaka lwabashoshovu bothisha beCaucus of Rank-and-File Educators (CORE), bephonsela inselelo ubuholi obuphezulu benyunyana, bakhombisa ukuthi kubukeka kanjani uma izikhulu eziphezulu zehlisa izinga labo. iholo elikhuphukile futhi ubeke imali ekuhleleni–nokuthi kubukeka kanjani lapho amalungu ekwaziswa, ehlanganiswa futhi esebenza kuyo yonke inyunyana.
I-CTU isinezinyanga ilungiselela othisha kule mpi. Ngaphambi kwesiteleka, inyunyana yahlela imibuthano emikhulu, okuhlanganisa nomhlangano omkhulu futhi imasha phakathi nedolobha ngoMeyi 23 lapho kuzovotwa khona isiteleka kanye nombhikisho woSuku Lwabasebenzi okwaphumela obala kuwo izinkulungwane zezinyunyana ukuthi zizobhikisha phambi kweCity Hall. Kodwa futhi kube nezenzo eziningi ezincane, njengamakhethini olwazi enzeke edolobheni lonke ezinsukwini zangemva kokuqalisa kwesikole ngemva koSuku Lwabasebenzi.
Ngenxa yalokho, amalungu ahlangene—futhi alungele ukwenza okudingekayo ukuze awine. Njengoba omunye uthisha esho embuthanweni woSuku Lwabasebenzi, "Ngifuna i-CPS yazi ukuthi kunjani ngaphandle kwethu."
I-CPS inethemba lokuthi izophendula abazali ngokumelene nothisha futhi ibasebenzise ukwephula isinqumo sabatelekile. Kodwa i-CTU ibona othisha, abazali nabafundi bengabambisene ekulweleni imfundo engcono, futhi ezinyangeni ezingaphambi kwesiteleka, inyunyana ibambe iqhaza emicimbini yobumbano ehlelwe yizishoshovu kanye namaqembu abazali afana ne Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign futhi Abazali 4 Othisha-izinhlangano eziye zamelana nokuhlanjalazwa kothisha bedolobha.
Amanye amalungu enyunyana azophoqeleka ukuthi asebenze uma kunesiteleka noma ephelelwa wumsebenzi azama izindlela zokukhombisa ubumbano lwawo. Amalungu e-SEIU Local 1, isibonelo, ahlela ukugqoka amaduku abomvu uma eya emsebenzini. "Ngokwenkontileka, ngeke sikwazi ukuhlonipha olayini bokuqopha, kodwa ngifuna wonke umuntu azi ukuthi i-SEIU imi nothisha," kusho uMongameli we-SEIU Local 1 u-Tom Balanoff.
Ngeshwa, izinyunyana ezimbili ezibalwe njengezinenqubekela phambili phakathi kwenhlangano yabasebenzi yasendaweni—BUYANI LAPHA Indawo 1 kanye ne-SEIU Local 73–zinqamula izivumelwano ezihlukene ne-CPS kunokuthi zenze uhlangothi olulodwa nenyunyana yothisha. Lokho kukhuthaze i-CPS kanye no-Emanuel ukuthi babambelele emgqeni wabo oqinile bebhekene ne-CTU.
Manje, i-Balanoff ye-SEIU Local 1 kanye ne-SEIU Illinois State Council bathi inyunyana yabo iyayisekela i-CTU. Umbuzo uwukuthi ingabe lokho kusekelwa kuzoguqulwa kube ubumbano olusebenzayo oludingekayo ukuze kuboniswe ukuthi abantu abasebenzayo e-Chicago—kokubili inyunyana kanye nabangekho emthethweni—bame nothisha.
Imiyalezo yobumbano batheleke ngezinyunyana ezivela emhlabeni wonke. Ngosuku olwandulela isiteleka, othisha baseMinnesota bafika bezosiza ukulungisa izimpawu zamapiki. EDolobheni laseNew York, othisha babize umhlangano wobumbano lapho wonke umuntu ehlela lapho i-CTU ibomvu khona.
Othisha baseChicago bazokhetha zonke izikole ezingama-600 ze-CPS ngoMsombuluko, kusukela ngo-6:30 a.m. kuya ku-10:30 a.m., kanye nezikole eziphuthumayo eziyi-144 kusukela ngoLwesibili kuya phambili. Ntambama, inyunyana icela abalandeli ukuthi bahlangane edolobheni ngo-3:30 ntambama. Futhi inyunyana nezishoshovu zilungiselela umbhikisho omkhulu ngoSepthemba 15, uMgqibelo wokuqala ngemuva kokuqala kwesiteleka, ozohlanganisa abantu abavela eMidwest nangaphandle kwayo.
"Abantu bayahlanya, futhi bafuna ukwenza okufanele," kusho omunye uthisha mayelana nesimo esikhona kumalungu e-CTU. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuthola ukuthi yini ezodingeka ukuze sinqobe kuzoba yinto okumele siqhubeke sikhuluma ngayo. Ozakwethu abaphume ngoMeyi 23 bakubona kuwushintsho. Bathole ukuthi asisasodwa. -ukuthi lokhu kuyimpi yethu sonke. Base bekuzwa lokho ngoSuku Lwabasebenzi. Futhi njengoba sitelekile, sizophinde sikuzwe."
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