Abasayini abasohlwini olungezansi
Emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule, i-Pentagon, amabutho e-Conservative, kanye nezinkampani bezisebenza ngokuhlelekile ukuze zandise ubukhona bazo endaweni yokufunda ye-K-12 nasemanyuvesi omphakathi. Umthelela ohlangene webutho lezempi, izikhungo zokucabanga nezisekelo, kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwezinhlelo zethu zemfundo yomphakathi kuqede umqondo oyisisekelo wentando yeningi wemfundo yomphakathi. Kuwumkhuba okuthi, uma kuvunyelwa ukuba kuqhubeke, kuzokwenza buthaka ukuphakama kokubusa kwabantu futhi, ekugcineni, ukuzibophezela kwezwe lethu emibonweni yentando yeningi.
Abasayini balesi sitatimende bakholelwa ukuthi kuyaphuthuma kubo bonke abameli bobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, ukuthula kanye nemvelo ukuba babone isimo esiyingozi sale nkinga futhi babhekane nayo ngesenzo sangamabomu.
USONGO NGEMFUNDO YABANTU
Umzamo wangaphandle onamandla kakhulu wokusebenzisa uhlelo lwesikole ukufundisa umbono onemiphumela esabekayo yesikhathi eside emphakathini uvela esikhungweni sezempi. Emashumini amabili eminyaka adlule, ngokubonakala okuncane kwemithombo yezindaba noma ukukhala komphakathi, ukuzibandakanya kwePentagon ezikoleni nasezimpilweni zabafundi kukhule kakhulu. Manje, isibonelo:
- Njalo ngosuku lwesikole, okungenani isigamu sesigidi sabafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu baya emakilasini e-Junior ROTC ukuze bathole imiyalelo evela kubaphathi abathathe umhlalaphansi abakhethwe ngesandla yi-Pentagon ukuze bafundise uhlobo lwayo lomlando nezomphakathi. Laba bafundi babelwa “amazinga” futhi babekwe esimweni sokukholelwa ukuthi izindinganiso zezempi nezomphakathi ziyefana, okusho ukuthi ukuthobela igunya ngokungangabazeki kuyisici sokuba isakhamuzi esihle.
- Izikhungo zezemfundo zamasosha ahlomile ziyasungulwa kwezinye izikole zomphakathi (iChicago manje ineziyisishiyagalombili), lapho bonke abafundi benikezwa isilinganiso esinzima samasiko nezindinganiso zezempi.
- Inethiwekhi yezinhlelo ezihlobene nezempi isakazeka emakhulwini ezikole zamabanga aphansi neziphakathi. Izibonelo izinhlelo ze-Young Marines kanye ne-Starbase, nezinhlelo zezempi ezingena ngokunyenya ezikoleni ngaphansi kwengubo yemfundo yeSayensi / Ubuchwepheshe / Ubunjiniyela / Izibalo (STEM).
- Abaqashi bezempi baqeqeshelwa ukuphishekela “ubunikazi besikole” njengomgomo wabo (bona: "Ibhuku Lokuqasha Esikoleni Samasosha"). Ukuba khona kwabo njalo emakilasini, ezindaweni zokudla kwasemini nasemihlanganweni kunomphumela wokuqhakambisa izindinganiso zempi, ukulwa, kanye, ekugcineni, impi.
- Kusukela ngo-2001, umthetho we-federal uye wachitha ukuzimela kwesikole somphakathi kanye nobumfihlo bomndeni uma kukhulunywa ngokukhulula imininingwane yokuxhumana yabafundi kwezempi. Ukwengeza, unyaka ngamunye izinkulungwane zezikole zivumela amasosha ukuthi alawule ukuhlolwa kwawo kokungena - i-ASVAB - kuya ku-10.th-12th abafundi bebanga, okuvumela abaqashwayo ukuthi badlule imithetho evikela amalungelo abazali kanye nobumfihlo bezingane futhi bathole ukufinyelela kulwazi lomuntu siqu kumakhulu ezinkulungwane zabafundi.
USENGO LWEMFUNDO YOMPHAKATHI
Imizamo yamaqembu angaphandle kwesistimu yesikole yokufaka i-conservatism kanye namagugu ezinkampani ohlelweni lokufunda ibilokhu iqhubeka iminyaka eminingana. Esibonelweni sakamuva sokungenelela kwezemfundo ophiko lwesokudla, I-New York Times ibike ukuthi amaqembu ephathi yetiye, esebenzisa izinhlelo zezifundo nezincwadi zokufaka imibala, abelokhu ecindezela izikole ukuthi “zifundise incazelo elandelanayo yoMthethosisekelo, lapho uhulumeni wobumbano ewubukhona obunyakazayo nobungamukeleki ezimpilweni zabantu baseMelika abathanda inkululeko.” (Bona:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/us/constitution-has-its-day-amid-a-struggle-for-its-spirit.html )
Izinkampani beziveza ithonya lazo ezikoleni ngamadivayisi afana ne-Channel One, uhlelo lwe-TV oluvalekile olusakaza okuqukethwe kwezentengiso nsuku zonke kubafundi abathunjiwe ezikoleni eziyizi-8,000. Ezinye izinkampani ziphumelele ukukholisa izikole ukuthi zisayine izinkontileka ezikhethekile ze-pizza, iziphuzo ezibandayo neminye imikhiqizo, ngenhloso yokufundisa izingane ukwethembeka komkhiqizo kusenesikhathi. Umbiko Wesikhungo Sikazwelonke Senqubomgomo Yezemfundo owakhishwa ngoNovemba 2011 ubhala izindlela ezehlukene ubudlelwano bebhizinisi/besikole obulimaza ngazo izingane ngokwezemfundo ngokufaka ukucabanga kwabafundi “endleleni evumelana nebhizinisi” futhi kuvimbe ikhono labo lokucabanga ngokujulile. (Bona: http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2011 )
Ukuthuthukiswa kwalo mzila olungele izinkampani kuhambisana ne-ajenda yebhizinisi eqinile yokuhlakaza uhlelo lwemfundo yomphakathi yaseMelika. Amazwe ezweni lonke anciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezemfundo, akhipha imisebenzi yothisha yomphakathi, anqanda amalungelo okuxoxisana ngokuhlanganyela, futhi abukela phansi izinyunyana zothisha. Kunokwanda kwezikole ze-charter kanye “ne-cyber” ezikhuthaza ukuzibandakanya kwemboni ezimele kanye nokuphushela ezikoleni ezenza inzuzo lapho isinxephezelo esikhokhelwa izinkampani zokuphatha ezizimele sihambisana ngqo nokusebenza kwabafundi ekuhloleni okujwayelekile. Umthelela okhulayo uwukwakhiwa kwezikhungo ezihlakulela umbono olula ohlanganisa ukuthengwa kwempahla nokuthobela. (Bona: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/michigan-privatize-public-education )
Ukuhlanganiswa kwemfundo ngezikole eziqashiwe kanye nokukhula komkhakha wokuphatha emanyuvesi kungenye inkambiso ekhathazayo yemfundo yomphakathi. Incwadi kaDiane Ravitch Ukubusa Kwephutha ( http://www.npr.org/2013/09/27/225748846/diane-ravitch-rebukes-education-activists-reign-of-error ) kanye nencwadi entsha ka-Henry A. Giroux, Impi ye-Neoliberalism Yezemfundo Ephakeme, ( http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22548-henry-giroux-beyond-neoliberal-miseducation ) ukunikeza izinkomba zeqhaza elingabazekayo lamagugu ezinkampani emfundweni yomphakathi.
Kungani lokhu kwenzeka? UGiroux uyaphawula ukuthi “uChris Hedges, owangaphambili New York Times umlobeli, uvele Intando yeningi Manje! ngo-2012 futhi watshela umphathi u-Amy Goodman ukuthi uhulumeni wobumbano usebenzisa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-600 ngonyaka kwezemfundo—“futhi izinhlangano ziyayifuna.”
Kukhona futhi ezinye izinhlangano ezisekela imizamo yokwethula izifundo zomlando kanye nezokuhlalisana kwabantu ngombono oqhubekayo, njenge-Howard Zinn Education Project (https://zinnedproject.org ) kanye Nezikole Zokucabanga Kabusha ( http://www.rethinkingschools.org ). Futhi inhlangano encane isebenza ngokumelene neChannel One kanye nokudayiswa kwendawo yesikole (isb, http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education futhi ( http://www.obligation.org ).
UKUMISA LEZIZINSONGO
Kunesizathu sokuba nethemba ngokuhlehlisa lo mkhuba uma sibheka, isibonelo, impumelelo ethile emizamweni yaphansi yokunqanda impi ezikoleni. Ngo-2009, umfelandawonye wabafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu, abazali kanye nothisha edolobheni laseSan Diego elinemithetho eqinile, elibuswa amasosha aphumelele ukuthola ibhodi lesikole elikhethiwe ukuthi livale i-JROTC yokudubula ezikoleni eziyishumi nanye. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, umfelandawonye ofanayo wenza ukuthi ibhodi lesikole liphasise inqubomgomo enciphisa kakhulu ukubuthwa kwamasosha kuzo zonke izikole zayo. Nakuba imizamo enjalo imbalwa uma kuqhathaniswa, ukunqoba okufanayo kuye kwazuzwa kwezinye izifunda zesikole nasezingeni lesifundazwe eHawaii naseMaryland.
Kukhona futhi ezinye izinhlangano ezisekela imizamo yokwethula izifundo zomlando kanye nezomphakathi ezivela ku umbono oqhubekayo, njenge-Zinn Education Project (www.zinnedproject.org) kanye Nezikole Zokucabanga Kabusha (www.rethinkingschools.org). Futhi inhlangano encane isebenza ngokumelene neChannel One kanye nokudayiswa kwendawo yesikole (isb, http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education/ futhi http://www.obligation.org/ ).
Njengoba le mizamo ithembisa futhi isebenza ngempumelelo, ilula uma iqhathaniswa nesilinganiso esikhulu salokho amaqembu akwelinye icala lomkhakha wezepolitiki akwenzayo ngokuqhubekayo endaweni yezemfundo ukuze kugcinwe umthelela we-conservatism, impi kanye namandla ezinkampani.
Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi izinhlangano ezithuthukayo, izisekelo kanye nabezindaba zibhekane nalokhu futhi zibambe iqhaza ngokulinganayo ohlelweni lwezemfundo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi izinhlangano eziningi zihlangane ukuze ziphikisane nokungena okukhulayo kwePentagon ezikoleni ze-K-12 nasemanyuvesi. Ukubuyisela ukubaluleka kokucabanga okujulile kanye namagugu entando yeningi esikweni lethu ngeke kwenziwe ngaphandle kokumisa impi kanye nokuthathwa kwebhizinisi kwemfundo yomphakathi.
UMichael Albert
Umagazini we-Z
Pat Alviso
Southern California
Imindeni Yamasosha Iyakhuluma (MFSO)
UMarc Becker
Usihlalo,
Izazi-mlando Ezimelene Nempi
UBill Bigelow
Umhleli Wekharikhulamu,
Izikole ezicubungulayo
Peter Bohmer
Umkhakha wezomnotho wezepolitiki,
Evergreen State College
UBill Branson
Ihhovisi likaZwelonke le-VVAW
Noam Chomsky
USolwazi, Othathe Umhlalaphansi, MIT
UMichelle Cohen
Project Great Futures,
Los Angeles, CA
UTom Cordaro
Pax Christi Inxusa lase-USA
of Peace, Naperville, IL
Pat Elder
INational Coalition to
Vikela Imfihlo Yomfundi
UMargaret Flowers
Umqondisi,
Umnotho Wethu
Libby Frank
Northwest Suburban Peace
& Iphrojekthi Yezemfundo,
Arlington Hts., IL
UHannah Frisch
Isosha Lomphakathi
umfelandawonye
Kathy Gilberd
I-National Lawyers Guild
Ibutho Lokusebenza Lomthetho Wezempi
UHenry Armand Giroux
UProfesa, uMcMaster
University
UFrank Goetz
Umqondisi, West Surburban
I-Faith Based Peace Coalition,
Wheaton, Il
UTom Hayden
Isishoshovu, Umbhali,
Teacher
Arlene Inouye
Umgcinimafa, United Teachers
yaseLos Angeles
I-Iraq Veterans Against
Impi (IVAW)
Ihhovisi likaZwelonke,
New York City
Rick Jahnkow
Iphrojekthi Yentsha kanye
Amathuba Okungewona Awezempi,
Encinitas, CA
UJerry Lembcke
USolwazi Osafufusa,
Holy Cross College
UJorge Mariscal
UProfesa, Univ. kwe
California eSan Diego
UPatrick McCann
Umongameli Kazwelonke we-VFP,
I-Montgomery County (MD)
I-Education Association
Ilungu leBhodi
UStephen McNeil
Abangane baseMelika
IKomiti Yesevisi
i-San Francisco
UCarlos Muñoz
UProfesa Emeritus
UC Berkeley Ethnic
UMnyango Wezifundo.
UMichael Nagler
Umongameli, iMetta Center
Ukungabi Nodlame
UJim O'Brien
Co-sihlalo, Osomlando
Against the War
Isidro Ortiz
UProfesa, San Diego
I-State University
UJesu Palafox
Isevisi yabangane baseMelika
IKomiti, Chicago
Pablo Paredes
I-AFSC 67 Sueños
UMichael Parenti, Ph.D.
Umbhali nomfundisi
Bill Scheurer
Umqondisi ophakeme
Ukuthula Emhlabeni,
Yeka Ukuqasha Izingane
Umkhankaso
Cindy Sheehan
Ukuthula Nomphakathi
Isishoshovu Sobulungiswa
Joanne Sheehan
Isifunda saseNew England
I-League Resistters League
UMary Shesgreen
Usihlalo, Izakhamizi zeFox Valley
Okokuthula Nobulungisa,
Elgin, IL
Sam Smith
Ukuhlanganyela kwe
Ukubuyisana,
Chicago
UKristin Stoneking
Umqondisi ophakeme
Ukuhlanganyela kwe
Reconciliation USA
UDavid Swanson
World Beyond War
Chris Venn
San Pedro Omakhelwane for
Ukuthula Nobulungisa,
San Pedro, CA
Ama-Veterans for Peace
Ihhovisi likaZwelonke,
St. Louis, MO
Ama-Veterans for Peace
Isahluko saseChicago
omakadebona baseVietnam
Against the War
Ihhovisi likaZwelonke,
Champaign, IL
Amy Wagner
Inethiwekhi ye-YA-YA
(Izishoshovu Zentsha-Intsha
Allies), eNew York City
UHarvey Wasserman
Umgqugquzeli
I-West Suburban
Isekelwe ekukholweni
PEACE Coalition
Wheaton, IL
UColonel Ann Wright,
US Army osethathe umhlalaphansi/
Amasosha Reserves
UMickey Z.
Umbhali we-Occupy
le Ncwadi: Mickey Z.
ngoBushoshovu
Kevin Zeese
Umqondisi,
Umnotho Wethu
