France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Schools: School Rhythms, primary angry (fr)

If the accession of "left" in power was a hope for the staff of the Education reform 
proposals announced by Vincent Peillon have quickly destroyed. Inventory of departmental 
projects ... and What resistance against the teachers of the first degree. ---- Class 
sizes, support for pupils, replacements, initial and ongoing training, injunctions and 
finicky controls, the working conditions of teachers in primary schools has deteriorated 
significantly in recent years. The demands of the corporation were strong during the 
change of majority, even if nobody rocked illusions. But with the bill on rebuilding the 
school, disillusionment can only give way to anger against that which is a new attack 
against the school and those who make it. ---- Key measure: the reform of school timetables.

It wanted by Vincent Peillon as a prerequisite for the "rebuilding of the school" project 
does nothing to improve the learning conditions of students and degrades a little more 
working conditions and lives of different professionals working with children. 
Specifically, the child gets up one more day a week (Wednesday) and see his classroom time 
reduce by three-quarters of an hour per day, but the time spent in school increased by 
three hours per week. We can easily imagine, with such a pace, the children will be more 
fit to learn.

Work more to work more ...

Once again, the interests of the children does not count. By cons, what we see easily 
profile, these are the signs of a withdrawal of the state, since the daily schedule 
generated by the reform is given to municipalities that will be in charge of "occupy" 
Children extracurricular activities. For this are established territorial Educational 
Projects (PET), a kind of contract between the state and municipalities. The latter will 
be responsible for determining in part the working hours of teachers. In addition, a new 
decree will set the weight common in school councils. No, what is at stake is especially a 
reform that fundamentally alters the organization of schools and increases regional 
inequalities. Some compare this reform the laws on decentralization and autonomy of 
universities (LRU) that lead to glaring inequalities between regions and universities.

While 90% of rural communities and nearly all of the "big cities" have postponed the 
implementation of the reform, the Mayor of Paris wants its implementation for September 
2013. " It is a challenge and I confess I'm a little scared , "said Bertrand Delanoe 
remembering that he had failed to reform the Parisian school timetables in 2002 face, even 
then, a massive mobilization Teachers. " Why so soon? "ask parents and teachers who dare 
to assume, without wishing to impugn motives, the City of Paris has not the means to 
implement such a reform to the conditions of guidance currently exists on extracurricular 
time, especially during the lunch break. By the admission of Bertrand Delano? trade unions 
received - very late - in delegations, 2014 is an election year and it should pass before 
the reform.

Paris is a particular issue in the ministerial system because it is especially from the 
capital that must undertake reform. If there is no separation between the school and the 
extracurricular activities, how can it not be confusion and therefore tutelage of teachers 
by the City?

Unanimous hostility

Under these conditions, the Parisian movement has grown from the beginning. Between 85 and 
90% of strikers January 22 and February 12 is unheard of. And mobilization is not 
weakening. The Mayor of Paris has held four public meetings "information" on the issue has 
been systematically booed by parents and professionals working with children flocked 
remember that this reform can not be done against them and they .

The management of the mutual fund (the main federation of parents), which seems to go hand 
in hand with the city fails to achieve unanimity among its members. Instead, many are 
those who rally against reform and participate in actions initiated by the educational 
staff. Moreover, a petition was put online to request the postponement of the 
implementation of the reform [ 1 ]. However, the City of Paris will continue in the same 
way. While the decree Peillon almost unanimous against him to the Higher Education 
Council, Delanoe wished to force. The Council adopted the Paris March 25 the principle of 
reform and its implementation in September 2013 thanks to the votes of the Greens Europe 
Ecology.

Expand the challenge

The new orientation law and rebuilding the school, presented by Vincent Peillon, lies in 
the strict continuity of educational policy of previous governments. All-against reforms 
enacted since the Fillon law of 2005 are thus confirmed maternal bachelor. The common 
base, which establishes lessons at a discount, even erected by the Holland / Government 
Ayrault in "organizing principle" of compulsory education. Behind this name is the desire 
to strengthen a school in two speeds, one for the elite and the majority of young people 
whose sole ambition is to summarize the mastery of academic bases.

In addition, with this draft guidance law, the government lays the foundation for further 
attacks against public education, personal and youth:

this law takes the national framework of school;

This law also makes the staff regulations.

I must say, the inclusion in the law of the creation of 60 000 jobs is a smoke firing, a 
fiction that does not stand up to examination schedules and school endowments cards for 
September 2013. Similarly, there is no trace of an embryo recovery training of teachers, 
but rather a format that fits into the goal of redefining the missions and statutes in 
still existing framework of "mastering".

National Mobilization March 28, launched by several national federations of Education 
(CGT, FO, South CNT), was not up to the challenges. If the main federation, FSU continues 
to go it alone - it calls for a demonstration Saturday, April 6 - on very tentative basis, 
Vincent Peillon will soon boast of having succeeded his "reconstruction". At the expense 
of students and staff.

Gilles (Ami AL)

[ 1 ] The petition is available on fcpenousaussi.wesign.it / en