Abasayini abadweliswe ngezantsi
Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, iPentagon, imikhosi elondolozayo, kunye neenkampani bezisebenza ngokucwangcisiweyo ukwandisa ubukho bazo kwindawo yokufunda ye-K-12 nakwiidyunivesithi zikarhulumente. Ifuthe elidityanisiweyo lomkhosi, iingcinga ezigciniweyo kunye neziseko, kunye nokudityaniswa kweenkqubo zemfundo yoluntu kubhangise ingqikelelo yedemokhrasi esisiseko yemfundo yoluntu. Ngumkhwa othi, ukuba uvunyelwe ukuba uqhube, uya kwenza buthathaka ulawulo loluntu kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ukuzinikela kwelizwe lethu kwiinjongo zedemokhrasi.
Abasayini bale nkcazo bakholelwa ukuba kungxamisekile kubo bonke abameli bobulungisa boluntu, uxolo kunye nokusingqongileyo ukuba baqaphele uhlobo oluyingozi lwale ngxaki kwaye bajongane nayo ngesenzo sangabom.
USOYILELO KWIMFUNDO YOLUNTU
Eyona nzame ndlongondlongo yangaphandle yokusebenzisa inkqubo yesikolo ukufundisa ingcamango enefuthe elibi lexesha elide eluntwini livela kwiziko lomkhosi. Kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo, kunye nosasazo oluncinci lweendaba okanye isikhalo esidlangalaleni, ukubandakanyeka kwePentagon ezikolweni kunye nobomi babafundi kuye kwakhula kakhulu. Ngoku, umzekelo:
- Suku ngalunye lwesikolo, ubuncinci isiqingatha sesigidi sabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo baya kwiiklasi zeJunior ROTC ukuze bafumane imiyalelo kumagosa adla umhlala-phantsi akhethwe ngesandla yiPentagon ukuba afundise eyakhe inguqulelo yembali kunye noluntu. Aba bafundi babelwa “amanqanaba” kwaye bamiselwe ukuba bakholelwe ukuba imilinganiselo yomkhosi neyoluntu iyafana, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba ukuthobela igunya ngokungathandabuzekiyo kuluphawu lokuba ngabemi abalungileyo.
- Amaziko emfundo yamajoni axhobileyo asekwa kwizikolo zikarhulumente (iChicago ngoku inesibhozo), apho bonke abafundi banikwa idosi enzima yenkcubeko yasemkhosini kunye neenqobo ezisemgangathweni.
- Uthungelwano lweenkqubo ezinxulumene nomkhosi lusasazeka kumakhulu ezikolo zamabanga aphantsi neziphakathi. Imizekelo ziinkqubo zaseMarines eziNcinci kunye neStarbase, kunye neenkqubo zomkhosi ezichwechwela ezikolweni phantsi kwengubo yemfundo yeSayensi / iTekhnoloji / yobuNjineli / iMathematika (STEM).
- Abaqeshwa bomkhosi baqeqeshelwa ukulandela “ubunini besikolo” njengenjongo yabo (bona: "INcwadana yeNkqubo yokuGaywa kweSikolo soMkhosi"). Ubukho babo rhoqo kumagumbi okufundela, kwiindawo zesidlo sasemini nasezindibanweni kunefuthe lokwazisa amaxabiso omkhosi, ukulwa kunye, ekugqibeleni, imfazwe.
- Ukusukela ngo-2001, umthetho wobumbano uye wakugqitha ukuzimela geqe kwesikolo kunye nobumfihlo bosapho xa kufikwa ekukhululeni ulwazi loqhagamshelwano lwabafundi emkhosini. Ukongeza, unyaka ngamnye amawaka ezikolo avumela umkhosi ukuba ulawule iimviwo zokungena - i-ASVAB - ukuya kwi-10.th-12th abafundi bebanga, ukuvumela abaqeshwa ukuba bangayithobeli imithetho ekhusela amalungelo abazali kunye nemfihlo yabantwana kwaye bafumane ukufikelela kulwazi lobuqu kumakhulu amawaka abafundi.
USOYILELO KWIMFUNDO YOLUNTU
Iinzame zamaqela angaphandle kwenkqubo yesikolo zokufaka i-conservatism kunye nemilinganiselo yequmrhu kwinkqubo yokufunda sele ineminyaka eliqela iqhubeka. Kumzekelo wamva nje wongenelelo lwemfundo olunephiko lasekunene, The New York Times banike ingxelo yokuba amaqela etheko leti, esebenzisa izicwangciso zezifundo kunye neencwadi ezinemibala, ebetyhala izikolo ukuba "zifundise ukutolika okungqongqo koMgaqo-siseko, apho urhulumente wobumbano ubukhona obunyakazelayo nobungamkelekanga kubomi babantu baseMelika abathanda inkululeko." (Bona:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/us/constitution-has-its-day-amid-a-struggle-for-its-spirit.html )
Iinkampani zibonise impembelelo yazo ezikolweni ezinezixhobo ezifana neChaneli yokuQala, inkqubo yeTV evaliweyo esasaza umxholo wezorhwebo mihla le kubafundi abavalelweyo kwizikolo ezingama-8,000. Ezinye iinkampani ziye zaphumelela ekuqinisekiseni izikolo ukuba zisayine izivumelwano ezikhethekileyo zepizza, iziselo ezibandayo nezinye iimveliso, ngenjongo yokufundisa abantwana ukunyaniseka kwegama kwasekuqaleni. Ingxelo yeZiko loMgaqo-nkqubo weSizwe weMfundo eyakhutshwa ngoNovemba ka-2011 ibhala iindlela ngeendlela intsebenziswano yezoshishino/yesikolo eyonakalisa ngayo abantwana ngokwemfundo ngokufaka ukucinga kwabafundi “kwindlela elungele ushishino” yaye kudodobalisa isakhono sabo sokucinga nzulu. (Bona: http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2011 )
Uphuhliso lwalo mkhondo ulungele ukushishina ludibana ne-ajenda yeshishini egqibeleleyo yokuchitha inkqubo yemfundo yoluntu yaseMelika. Amazwe kwilizwe lonke ayayicutha inkcitho yezemfundo, akhupha imisebenzi yootitshala bakarhulumente, anqande amalungelo othethathethwano oluhlangeneyo, kwaye ayijongela phantsi imibutho yootitshala. Kukho ukwanda kwezikolo zetshatha kunye “nezikhompuyutha” ezikhuthaza ukubandakanyeka kwecandelo labucala kunye nokutyhalela ngakwizikolo ezenza inzuzo apho imbuyekezo ehlawulwe kwiinkampani zolawulo zabucala idityaniswa ngokuthe ngqo kwintsebenzo yabafundi kwiimvavanyo ezisemgangathweni. Isiphumo esongezelekayo kukudalwa kwamaziko ahlakulela ingcamango elula edibanisa umthengi kunye nokuthobela. (Bona: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/michigan-privatize-public-education )
Ukudityaniswa kwemfundo ngezikolo ezihlawulelwayo kunye nokukhula kwecandelo lolawulo kwiiyunivesithi ngomnye umzila oyinkathazo kwimfundo yoluntu. Incwadi kaDiane Ravitch Ulawulo lwempazamo ( http://www.npr.org/2013/09/27/225748846/diane-ravitch-rebukes-education-activists-reign-of-error ) kunye nencwadi entsha kaHenry A. Giroux, Imfazwe yeNeoliberalism kwiMfundo ePhakamileyo, ( http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22548-henry-giroux-beyond-neoliberal-miseducation ) ukunika izalathisi kwindima ethandabuzekayo yeenqobo ezisemgangathweni zeshishini kwimfundo yoluntu.
Kutheni kusenzeka oku? UGiroux uphawula ukuba “uChris Hedges, owayesakuba ENew York Times umnxibelelanisi, wavela Intando yeninzi Ngoku! ngo-2012 kwaye waxelela umamkeli u-Amy Goodman ukuba urhulumente wobumbano uchitha malunga ne-600 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kwimfundo-“kwaye amaqumrhu ayayifuna.”
Kukho neminye imibutho exhasa iinzame zokwazisa imbali kunye nezifundo zoluntu ukusuka kumbono oqhubekayo, njengeProjekthi yeMfundo yeHoward Zinn (https://zinnedproject.org ) kunye neZikolo zokuCinga ngokutsha ( http://www.rethinkingschools.org ). Kwaye intshukumo encinci isebenza ngokuchasene neChannel One kunye norhwebo lwemeko yesikolo (umz., http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education kwaye ( http://www.obligation.org ).
UKUYEKA EZI ZOYIYO
Kukho isizathu sokuba nethemba lokubuyisela umva lo mkhwa ukuba sijonga, ngokomzekelo, kwezinye zempumelelo kwiinzame ezisezantsi zokuthintela imfazwe ezikolweni. Ngo-2009, indibaniselwano yabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo, abazali kunye nootitshala kweso sixeko singqongqo, esilawulwa ngumkhosi waseSan Diego baphumelele ekufumaneni ibhodi yabo yesikolo ekhethiweyo ukuba ivale i-JROTC yokudubula kwizikolo eziphakamileyo ezilishumi elinanye. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, umfelandawonye ofanayo wafumana ibhodi yesikolo ukuba ipasise umgaqo-nkqubo othintela kakhulu ukugaywa emkhosini kuzo zonke izikolo zayo. Nangona amaphulo anjalo embalwa ngenani, uloyiso olufanayo luye lwaphunyelelwa kwezinye izithili zesikolo nakwinqanaba likarhulumente eHawaii naseMaryland.
Kukwakho neminye imibutho exhasa iinzame zokwazisa ngembali kunye nezifundo zoluntu ukusuka ku imbono yenkqubela phambili, efana neZinn Education Project (www.zinnedproject.org) kunye neZikolo zokuCinga ngokutsha (www.rethinkingschools.org). Kwaye intshukumo encinci isebenza ngokuchasene neChannel One kunye norhwebo lwemeko yesikolo (umz., http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education/ kwaye http://www.obligation.org/ ).
Njengoko zithembisa kwaye zisebenza ngempumelelo ezi nzame, ziyaphaphatheka xa zithelekiswa nobungakanani obukhulu bamaqela akwelinye icala lezopolitiko azenzayo ngokuqhubekayo kwimeko yemfundo ukugcina impembelelo yolondolozo lwendalo, impi kunye namandla oshishino.
Lixesha lokuba imibutho enenkqubela phambili, iziseko kunye namajelo eendaba ajongane noku kwaye azibandakanye ngokulinganayo kwinkqubo yezemfundo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba imibutho emininzi ihlangane ukuchasa ukungena kwePentagon kwizikolo ze-K-12 kunye neeyunivesithi. Ukubuyisela ubungangamsha bokucinga okubalulekileyo kunye nemilinganiselo yedemokhrasi kwinkcubeko yethu ayinakwenziwa ngaphandle kokumisa ukulwa kunye nokuthathwa kwenkampani kwimfundo yoluntu.
Michael Albert
Z Magazine
Pat Alviso
Southern California
Iintsapho zasemkhosini zithetha phandle (MFSO)
UMarc Becker
Usihlalo,
Izazi-mlando ezichasene neMfazwe
UBill Biglow
Umhleli weKharityhulam,
Izikolo eziHlaziyo
UPeter Bohmer
IFaculty kuqoqosho lwezopolitiko,
IWorgreen State College
UBill Branson
IOfisi yeSizwe yeVVAW
Noam Chomsky
UNjingalwazi, uMhlalaphantsi, MIT
UMichelle Cohen
Iprojekthi yeFutures enkulu,
Los Angeles, CA
UTom Cordaro
UPax Christi unozakuzaku waseMelika
yoxolo, Naperville, IL
Pat Elder
Umanyano lweSizwe ukuya
Khusela iMfihlo yoMfundi
Margaret Flowers
Umququzeleli,
Uqoqosho lwethu
Libby Frank
Uxolo lwaseMntla-ntshona weSuburban
kunye neProjekthi yeMfundo,
Arlington Hts., IL
UHannah Frisch
Ijoni lasekuhlaleni
U manyano
UKathy Gilberd
National Lawyers Guild
Iqela eliSebenzayo loMthetho wasemkhosini
UHenry Armand Giroux
Unjingalwazi, uMcMaster
KwiYunivesithi
Frank Goetz
UMlawuli, iWest Surburban
Umbutho woXolo oluSekwe kuKholo,
Wheaton, Il
UTom Hayden
Itshantliziyo, uMbhali,
Titshala
Arlene Inouye
Unondyebo, ooTitshala abaManyeneyo
yaseLos Angeles
Amagqala eIraq ngokuchasene
iMfazwe (IVAW)
IOfisi yeSizwe,
City New York
URick Jahnkow
Iprojekthi yoLutsha kunye
Amathuba angengowasemkhosini,
Encinitas, CA
Jerry Lembcke
Unjingalwazi oPhezulu,
IKholeji yaseHoly Cross
UJorge Mariscal
Unjingalwazi, iYunivesithi. ye
California eSan Diego
UPatrick McCann
UMongameli weSizwe weVFP,
Montgomery County (MD)
Umbutho wezeMfundo
Ilungu leBhodi
UStephen McNeil
Abahlobo baseMerika
Komiti yeNkonzo
San Francisco
UCarlos Muñoz
UProfesa Emeritus
UC Berkeley Ethnic
Isebe lezifundo.
UMichael Nagler
Umongameli, iZiko leMetta
yeNonviolence
UJim O'Brien
Usihlalo-kunye, Ababhali-mbali
Ngokuchasene neMfazwe
Isidro Ortiz
Unjingalwazi, eSan Diego
KwiYunivesithi kaRhulumente
UYesu Palafox
Inkonzo yaBahlobo baseMelika
IKomiti, eChicago
UPablo Paredes
AFSC 67 Sueños
UMichael Parenti, Ph.D.
Umbhali kunye nomhlohli
NguBill Scheurer
Mlawuli Jikelele
Uxolo emhlabeni,
Yeka ukuqesha Abantwana
Phulo
Cindy Sheehan
Uxolo neNtlalo
Itshantliziyo lezoBulungisa
UJoanne Sheehan
Ummandla waseNew England
KwiMfazwe yokuLwa kweMfazwe
UMary Shesgreen
Usihlalo, aBemi beFox Valley
Uxolo noBulungisa,
Elgin, IL
Sam Smith
Ubudlelwane be
Uxolelaniso,
Chicago
UKristin Stoneking
Mlawuli Jikelele
Ubudlelwane be
Uxolelwaniso USA
UDavid Swanson
World Beyond War
UChris Venn
San Pedro Abamelwane for
Uxolo noBulungisa,
ESan Pedro, CA
Amapolisa Oxolo
IOfisi yeSizwe,
St. Louis, MO
Amapolisa Oxolo
Chicago Isahluko
Amagqala aseVietnam
Ngokuchasene neMfazwe
IOfisi yeSizwe,
Champaign, IL
Amy Wagner
YA-YA Network
(Amatshantliziyo oLutsha-Ulutsha
Allies), kwisiXeko saseNew York
UHarvey Wasserman
Ummeli
Idolophu yaseNtshona
Isekelwe elukholweni
Imanyano yoXolo
Wheaton, IL
UColonel Ann Wright,
Umkhosi wase-US odla umhlala-phantsi /
IiNqaba zoMkhosi
Mickey Z.
Umbhali we-Occupy
le Ncwadi: Mickey Z.
kuButshantliziyo
Kevin Zeese
Umququzeleli,
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